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Intergenerational relationships : conversations on practice and research across cultures
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"Intergenerational Relationships: Conversations on Practice and Research Across Cultures focuses on the impact of family and community relationships on pressing social problems. Respected internati...
"Intergenerational Relationships: Conversations on Practice and Research Across Cultures focuses on the impact of family and community relationships on pressing social problems. Respected international authorities reveal how cultures from Africa, Asia, and Europe value connections among people of different ages and how these relationships are used to address crucial social problems. Insightful research bridges multiple disciplines to provide a unique perspective demonstrating the benefits of intergenerational relationships."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Elizabeth Larkin ... [and others] editors
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- Journal of intergenerational relationships
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- English
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- New York : Haworth Press, [2004]
- ©2004
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- xiii, 233 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 1283887711, 0789026260, 9780789026255, 9780789026262, 9780203050996, 0203050991, 9781283887717, 1136430318, 1136430245, 9781136430244, 0789026252, 9781136430312
- OCLC
- ocm56617118, ocn681471190, ocn823389141
- "Co-published simultaneously as Journal of intergenerational relationships, volume 2, numbers 3/4 2004."
- Papers presented at a colloquium on "Enhancing Global Social Change through Intergenerational Initiatives," held Oct. 19-20, 2003 at the University of Pittsburgh.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Preface / Dov Friedlander -- Introduction / Elizabeth Larkin -- Family studies and intergenerational studies : intersections and opportunities / Roma Stovall Hanks and James J. Ponzetti, Jr. -- Intergenerational cultural transmission among the Akan of Ghana / Joseph K. Adjaye and Osei-Mensah Aborampah -- Intergenerational impact of the AIDS pandemic in Nigeria / Bede Eke -- The elder in African society : the view from folklore and literature / Joseph Mbele -- Understanding intergenerational relationships in India / N. K. Chadha -- Intergenerational theory in society : building on the past, questions for the future / Karen Vander Ven -- Intergenerational initiatives in Sweden / Ann-Kristin Bostrom -- A faith-based intergenerational health and wellness program / Mary Duquin, James McCrea, David Fetterman and Sabrina Nash -- Futures festivals : an intergenerational strategy for promoting community participation / Matthew Kaplan, Frank Higdon, Nancy Crago and Lucinda Robbins -- Terms for intergenerational relations among the Tumbuka of Northern Malawi / Lupenga Mphande -- Transformations over time in generational relationships in Africa / Choja Oduaran and Akpovire Oduaran -- Where we are now with intergenerational developments : an English perspective / Norma Raynes -- "... the (unbearable) 'in-betweenness' of being ..." : a postmodern exploration of intergenerational practices in Africa : a framework towards programming / Jaco Hoffman -- Global intergenerational research, programs and policy : what does the future hold? / Paul A. Roodin