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Author Cohen, Lawrence, 1961-

Title No aging in India : Alzheimer's, the bad family, and other modern things / Lawrence Cohen.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [1998]
©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 367 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-351) and index.
Contents Orientations -- Alzheimer's Hell -- Knowledge, Practice, and the Bad Family -- Memory Banks -- The Anger of the Rishis -- The Maladjustment of the Bourgeoisie -- Chapati Bodies -- Dog Ladies and the Beriya Baba -- The Body in Time.
Summary From the opening sequence, in which mid-19th-century Indian fishermen hear the possibility of redemption in an old woman's madness, 'No Aging in India' captures the reader with its interplay of story and analysis.
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Subject Aging -- Anthropological aspects.
Aging -- Anthropological aspects.
Ethnology -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Ethnology.
India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Aging -- Anthropological aspects -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Senile dementia -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Senile dementia.
Alzheimer's disease -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Alzheimer's disease.
Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) -- Social life and customs.
Aging.
Anthropology, Cultural.
Alzheimer Disease.
Dementia.
India.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Cohen, Lawrence, 1961- No aging in India. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998 0520083962 (DLC) 97038659 (OCoLC)37731666
ISBN 9780520925328 (electronic book)
0520925327 (electronic book)
0585068801 (electronic book)
9780585068800 (electronic book)
9780520083967 (alkaline paper)
0520083962 (alkaline paper)
0520083962 (alkaline paper)