Widows

Vol. I: The Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific
Herausgeber: Lopata, Helena Znaniecka

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume analyzes the support systems and lifestyles of widows in Australia, the Philippines, Korea, Iran, China, India, Turkey, and Israel.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 1987
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780822307686
• ISBN-10: 0822307685
• Artikelnr.: 42989916

Autorenporträt

Helena Znaniecka Lopata, ed.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables ix
Preface xi
1. Widowhood: World Perspectives on Support Systems / Helena Znaniecka
Lopata 1
2. Women as Widowson Malo (Natamambo), Vanuatu (South Pacific) / Robert
Rubenstein 24
3. Widowhood in India / Jaya Sarma Gujral 43
4. Widows in Seoul, Korea / Jasoon Koo 56
5. Women and Widows in Turkey: Support Systems / Marsel A. Heisel 79
6. The Widowed in Iran / Jacquiline Rudolph Touba 106
7. Widowhood in Israel / Ruth Katz and Nitza Ben-Dor 133
8. Support Systems of Elderly Widows in the Philippines / Evangelina Novero
Blust 148
9. Widowed Women in Melbourne, Australia / Linda Roseman and Arthur D.
Schulman 170
10. Wives and Widows in China / Denise R. Barnes 194
11. Widowhood and Social Change / Helena Znaniecka Lopata 217
Notes and References 235
Index 252