Widows: Vol. I: The Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific
Widows: Vol. I: The Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific
edited by Helena Znaniecka Lopata
Duke University Press, 1987 Paper: 978-0-8223-0768-6 | eISBN: 978-0-8223-7873-0 (standard) Library of Congress Classification HQ1058.W53 1987 Dewey Decimal Classification 306.88
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
This volume analyzes the support systems and lifestyles of widows in Australia, the Philippines, Korea, Iran, China, India, Turkey, and Israel.
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
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