Aging and its transformations : moving toward death in Pacific societies / Dorothy Ayers Counts and David R. Counts, editors

Counts, Dorothy Ayers; Counts, David R.

ISBN 10: 082295477X / ISBN 13: 9780822954774

Edité par Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992

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Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 336 p : maps ; 23 cm. Subjects: Aged Oceania; Death Social aspects Oceania; Oceania Social life and customs. 1 Kg.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Aging and its transformations : moving toward death in Pacific societies / Dorothy Ayers Counts and David R. Counts, editors
• Éditeur: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press
• Date de parution: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 082295477X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780822954774
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: First Edition.
• Poids: 1 kilogramme

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Synopsis

Studies the changing social status of ageing members of the community in Pacific societies, cultural understandings of the processes of life and death, relationships between the living, the dying and the dead and strategies employed by individuals as they mature, gain adult status, age and die.