Widows: Vol. I: The Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific

by Helena Znaniecka Lopata (Editor)

Overview

This volume analyzes the support systems and lifestyles of widows in Australia, the Philippines, Korea, Iran, China, India, Turkey, and Israel.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780822378730
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Publication date:	10/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	371 KB

Table of Contents

List of Tables ix

Preface xi

1. Widowhood: World Perspectives on Support Systems / Helena Znaniecka Lopata 1

2. Women as Widowson Malo (Natamambo), Vanuatu (South Pacific) / Robert Rubenstein 24

3. Widowhood in India / Jaya Sarma Gujral 43

4. Widows in Seoul, Korea / Jasoon Koo 56

5. Women and Widows in Turkey: Support Systems / Marsel A. Heisel 79

6. The Widowed in Iran / Jacquiline Rudolph Touba 106

7. Widowhood in Israel / Ruth Katz and Nitza Ben-Dor 133

8. Support Systems of Elderly Widows in the Philippines / Evangelina Novero Blust 148

9. Widowed Women in Melbourne, Australia / Linda Roseman and Arthur D. Schulman 170

10. Wives and Widows in China / Denise R. Barnes 194

11. Widowhood and Social Change / Helena Znaniecka Lopata 217

Notes and References 235

Index 252