Generations in touch : linking the old and young in a Tokyo neighborhood /
Thang, Leng Leng, 1965-
Generations in touch : linking the old and young in a Tokyo neighborhood / Leng Leng Thang. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2001. - x, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The anthropology of contemporary issues .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205) and index.
The problem : reengagement -- The place : staff, residents, and children -- Rhythms of reencounters -- The goal : a big family eating from the same rice pot -- The vision : dream family -- Fureai : encounters and exchanges -- Fureai : realities -- Window to society.
0801438438 (cloth : alk. paper) 0801487323 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Kotoen (Age-integrated institution : Tokyo, Japan)
Older people--Institutional care--Japan--Tokyo.
Intergenerational relations--Japan--Tokyo.
Older people--Housing--Japan--Tokyo.
Older people--Attitudes.--Japan--Tokyo
Retirees--Attitudes.--Japan
362.610952135 / T3671g
Generations in touch : linking the old and young in a Tokyo neighborhood / Leng Leng Thang. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2001. - x, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The anthropology of contemporary issues .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205) and index.
The problem : reengagement -- The place : staff, residents, and children -- Rhythms of reencounters -- The goal : a big family eating from the same rice pot -- The vision : dream family -- Fureai : encounters and exchanges -- Fureai : realities -- Window to society.
0801438438 (cloth : alk. paper) 0801487323 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Kotoen (Age-integrated institution : Tokyo, Japan)
Older people--Institutional care--Japan--Tokyo.
Intergenerational relations--Japan--Tokyo.
Older people--Housing--Japan--Tokyo.
Older people--Attitudes.--Japan--Tokyo
Retirees--Attitudes.--Japan
362.610952135 / T3671g