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In an era of changing demographics and values, this volume provides a cross-national and interdisciplinary perspective on the question of who cares for and about the elderly. The authors reflect on research studies, experimental programmes and personal experience in Japan and the US to explicitly compare how policies, practices and interpretations of elder care are evolving at the turn of the century.

This volume provides a broad picture of how elderly care is defined at a time when ageing is becoming increasingly defined as a social problem. It is an appropriate source for researchers in health and welfare, social policy and gerontology.

From the deathbed to the commuter railway station, from the marriage market to the fish market, from the baseball field to the grave, this volume explores the diversity of contemporary Japanese society by studying how people compose their families, their communities, and their own identities. Challenging fixed boundaries characteristic of institutional analysis, these essays comprise an anthropology of real people who age, who play, and whose lives speak to ours even over chasms of cultural differences and misunderstandings. The contributors are historians, sociologists, and anthropologists...