Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS x
5. SECTION I FRAMEWORKS
6. Introduction TRANSITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS Paradigms, Perspectives, and Possibilities 3
7. 1. CHANGES IN THE LIFE COURSE Strengths and Stages 21
8. SECTION II BODIES
9. 2. NARRATING PAIN AND SEEKING CONTINUITY A Life-Course Approach to Chronic Pain Management 37
10. 3. VENTING ANGER FROM THE BODY DURING GENGNIANQI Meanings of Midlife Transition among Chinese Women in Reform-Era Beijing 49
11. 4. “I DON’T WANT TO BE LIKE MY FATHER” Masculinity, Modernity, and Intergenerational Relationships in Mexico 64
12. SECTION III SPATIALITY AND TEMPORALITY
13. 5. SHIFTING MORAL IDEALS OF AGING IN POLAND Suffering, Self-Actualization, and the Nation 79
14. 6. A WINDOW INTO DUTCH LIFE AND DEATH Euthanasia and End-of-Life in the Public-Private Space of Home 92
15. 7. TEMPORALITY, SPIRITUALITY, AND THE LIFE COURSE IN AN AGING JAPAN 107
16. SECTION IV FAMILIES
17. 8. “I HAVE TO STAY HEALTHY” Elder Caregiving and the Third Age in a Brazilian Community 123
18. 9. GRANDMOTHERING IN LIFE-COURSE PERSPECTIVE A Study of Puerto Rican Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren in the United States 137
19. 10. CARE WORK AND PROPERTY TRANSFERS Intergenerational Family Obligations in Sri Lanka 151
20. SECTION V ECONOMIES
21. 11. PERSONHOOD, APPROPRIATE DEPENDENCE, AND THE RISE OF ELDERCARE INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA 171
22. 12. MEMBERSHIP AND MATTERING Agency and Work in a New England Factory 188
23. 13. LIFE COURSES OF INDEBTEDNESS IN RURAL NIGERIA 206
24. Afterword ON GENERATIONS AND AGING “Fresh Contact” of a Different Sort 218
25. CONTRIBUTORS 231
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY 235
27. INDEX 255