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

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Cohen, Lawrence, 1961-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, �1998.Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 367 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520925328
0520925327
0585068801
9780585068800
9780520083967
0520083962

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No aging in India.DDC classification:

305.26 21

LOC classification:

GN485 .C64 1998eb

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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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-351) and index.

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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English.

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