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Mason, Ra 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4950-9516
(2022)
Making Meaningful Lives: Tales from an Aging Japan by Iza Kavedžija.
Japan Review, 37.
pp. 201-202.
Abstract
In Making Meaningful Lives, Iza Kavedžija offers a unique, close-up account of the complex issue of aging in Japan. The book’s greatest value is in its anthropological, ethnographic approach, which allows the reader to understand how aging is more than simply a negative process that results in gradual decline, or a societal problem that requires top-down policies to address. Conversely, the text examines a range of phenomena associated with the experience of aging, many of which are Japan-specific or affected by Japan’s distinct sociocultural milieu. This allows Kavedžija to support her overarching argument that “the issues of aging and the good and meaningful life are inextricably connected” (p. 4). Furthermore, the book adopts the perspective of the author’s interlocutors, providing a fascinating range of accounts that convincingly substantiate its central thesis and bring forth first-person insights into how aging permeates the boundaries between state-society relations and personal interactions within individual lived experiences.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | japanese studies,aging,aging society |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Area Studies Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Centre for Japanese Studies |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2023 08:30 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2023 10:00 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/92301 |
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