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  • Ageing in Africa : Sociolinguistic and Anthropological Approaches
  • Written by author Sinfree Makoni, Koen Stroeken
  • Published by Ashgate, 2002/10/14
  • African gerontology has expanded dramatically as a discipline with population ageing and its consequences for societies, as well as individuals' experiences of ageing, becoming prominent issues in the continent. This volume recognises that by bringing tog
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Acknowledgements
Introduction: Towards Transdisciplinary Studies on Ageing in Africa 1
1 Towards a Cultural and Linguistic Construction of Late-life Dementia in an Urban African Population 21
2 Identity Management and Old Age Construction among Xhosa-speakers in Urban South Africa: Complaint Discourse Revisited 43
3 Imprints of History and Economy across the Life Course of an Elderly Namaqualander 1920-1996 67
4 From Shrub to Log: The Ancestral Dimension of Elderhood among Sukuma in Tanzania 89
5 Coming of Age and Authority: Milk as a Source of Power in Himbaland, Northern Namibia 109
6 Social Categories and Seniority in a House-based Society 137
7 Holding Up the Sky: Gender, Age and Work among the Abaluyia of Kenya 155
8 Rhetoric of Remembrance: Privileged Authority of Elders and the Contested Gradations of Seniority 177
9 'They Don't Listen': Contemporary Respect Relations between Zulu Grandmothers and Grandchildren 203
10 The Toilet: Dignity, Privacy and Care of Elderly People in Kwahu, Ghana 227
11 'They Talk to Us Like Children': Language and Intergenerational Discourse in First-time Encounters in an African Township 245
12 Skeletons of the Past, Flesh and Blood of the Present: Remembrance and Older People in a South African Context 257
Epilogue: African Gerontology: Critical Models, Future Directions 277
Dedication 285
Index 287


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