Rituals of care : karmic politics in an aging Thailand /

Rituals of care : karmic politics in an aging Thailand /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Aulino, Felicity, author.
Imprint:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 193 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Older people -- Care -- Thailand -- Chiang Mai. Caregivers -- Thailand -- Chiang Mai. Older people -- Thailand -- Chiang Mai -- Social conditions. Buddhism -- Social aspects -- Thailand -- Chiang Mai. Population aging -- Social aspects -- Thailand -- Chiang Mai. Ethnology -- Thailand -- Chiang Mai. Buddhism -- Social aspects. Caregivers. Ethnology. Older people -- Care. Older people -- Social conditions. Thailand -- Chiang Mai.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12590450

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Varying Form of Title:	Karmic politics in an aging Thailand
ISBN:	9781501739743 1501739743 9781501739750 1501739751 9781501739729
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 02, 2019).
Summary:	"This book takes an anthropological look at how the elderly are cared for in the northern Thailand city of Chiang Mai, where the author did most of her fieldwork, and where its society is rapidly aging. It explores care in practice from everyday tasks to care for one's group, care for the polity and looks at how religious, social, and political structures affect this care"--
Other form:	Print version: Aulino, Felicity. Rituals of care. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501739729

Table of Contents:

Introduction : an invitation to care
The karma of care : ordinary actions and their consequences
The conditioning of care : intention, emotion, and restraint
The subjects of care : perceiving the social body
The civic landscape of care : merit and the spirit of volunteering for elders
The violence of care : pity and compassion, patronage and repression
Conclusion : on unending care : rituals for making things so.