Ethnography for aging societies
Dignity, cultural genres, and Singapore's imagined futures
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 2260646 |
|---|---|
| Autores | M M J Fischer (0000-0002-2871-5943, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2015 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 207-229 |
| Data de publicação | 2015-05-01 |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | American Ethnologist (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425 |
| Editora | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/amet.12126 |
| OpenAlex | W1746549618 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 23 |
| Referências citadas | 19 |
Social theory generated in and about Singapore lies in psychic depths and archive fevers of an immigrant society subjected to accelerated social changes that devalue the lives of those marked by aging. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Singapore, weaving together four kinds of data sets-gerontology psychiatric research and intervention; changing ritual forms; analytically phenomenological, paraethnographic theater and stories; and student video and drama projects-I argue that new literacies, pedagogies, and practices can foster enriched community life in posttraumatic, aging societies. Focusing on meaning and affect, and referencing Derrida on hauntology, archive fever, sur-vie, and grammatology (as syntax of social configurations within which aging occurs, or, sociocultural texts, narratives, and symbols), I build on the ethnographic literatures on aging and explore strong metaphors of monstrous history (taowu), ghosts (hantu), obliviousness brought by prosperity (fat years), and intercultural repetition compulsions of unfilial children (Lear
Aesthetics · Art · Drama · Ethnography · Literature · Narrative · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Asian Studies and History · Gender Studies · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
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Afterword
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Becoming Aggrieved
Heaven
Rebellious Matter
Horizoning
Meantime
Witness
“One that Returns”
Amazonian Ethnography and the Politics of Renewal
Time Machines
I Was Cannibalized by an Artist
The Anthropology of Becoming
Education of values
The politics of spectrality in earthquake ruins
Anthropological STS in Asia
People Made of Glass
The Year 2015 in Sociocultural Anthropology
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The Alzheimer Conundrum
The Monster That Is History
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Older Persons in Southeast Asia
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No Aging in IndiaAlzheimer's, The Bad Family, and Other Modern Things
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City of Green Benches
Old Age
| Citações por ano | 2,3 |
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| Intervalo de citações | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Altamente citado | Não |