When noted anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff received a grant to explore the process of aging, she decided to study some elderly Jews from Venice, California, rather than to report on a more exotic people. The story of the rituals and lives of these remarkable old people is, as Bel Kaufman said, "one of those rare books that leave the reader somehow changed." Here Dr. Myerhoff records the stories of a culture that seems to give people the strength to face enormous daily problems -- poverty, neglect, loneliness, poor health, inadequate housing and physical danger. The tale is a poignant one, funny and often wise, with implications for all of us about the importance of ritual, the agonies of aging, and the indomitable human spirit.
發表於2024-12-26
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圖書標籤: 社會學 人類學
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評分有很多細節描寫非常溫柔有力
評分贏在民族誌。真是大把好看的故事。分析略僵硬,特彆是和當地老人對話的時候大講理論,雖然相信不是捏造的,可是讀起來仍然感覺是在生插理論。開頭作者說是在研究一群以後她也會成為的人(年長者),可是實際上她並沒有活到可以稱為老人的年紀。有些唏噓。
評分贏在民族誌。真是大把好看的故事。分析略僵硬,特彆是和當地老人對話的時候大講理論,雖然相信不是捏造的,可是讀起來仍然感覺是在生插理論。開頭作者說是在研究一群以後她也會成為的人(年長者),可是實際上她並沒有活到可以稱為老人的年紀。有些唏噓。
Number Our Days 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載