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An Anthropological Study of Well-Bing of the New Generation of Elderly People in Socio-Cultural Changes of the 1990's in the U.S.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15520519
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Cultural anthropology/Folklore
Research InstitutionHIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

SANO Mariko  Hiroshima University, Faculty of Integrated Arts & Sciences, Professor, 総合科学部, 教授 (80206002)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SANO Toshiyuki  Nara Women's University, Faculty of Human Life & Environment, Professor, 生活環境学部, 教授 (20196299)
Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2005
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
KeywordsElderly People / Cultural Anthropology / Well-Being / United States / Social Change / Aging / Anthropology of Old Age / Ethnicity / 民俗誌 / 老人人類学 / 国際情報交換 / 社会福祉 / 民族誌
Research Abstract

This anthropological study examines the socio-cultural changes occurred between the 1980's and the 1990's in a middle-sized town in Wisconsin and how these changes affect the elderly people's concepts of "well-being" The in-depth interviews and participants observations conducted in this research area found the following.
(1) The town in the 1980's still kept an atmosphere of being a "Polish town." In the 1990's, large scale shopping malls replaced local stores, and family dairy farms either closed down or bought other farms to become a large-scale industrialized farms. Hmong refugees settled in this area and thus they have changed a predominantly Euro-American town into a multi-racial town.
(2) The community services for senior citizens have gone through three stages.
(a) First Stage (from mid-1970's to mid 1980's) : Accommodating social needs of the elderly people by providing social programs and activities at senior centers.
(b) Second Stage (from mid-1980's to mid-1990's) : The central focus of services has shifted from social needs to long-term home care.
(c) Third Stage (from mid-1990's to present) : Reorganizing community structure to encompass not only senior citizens but also people with disability.
(3) The sources of "well-being" for elderly people have not changed since the 1980's. That is, they like to see themselves "being helpful," "being active with other people," and "not stopping learning." However, the locus of their activities is no longer centered at senior centers as it used to be in the 1980's. Indeed, senior centers seem to have lost popularity among elderly people. However, this study has found that services for senior citizens are more widely accepted and incorporated in large society than before, and therefore, senior citizens have more options for loci of their activities than before.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2005 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2006 2005 2004 2003 Other

All Journal Article (12 results) Book (3 results) Publications (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Through Japanese Eyes : Culture Change in a Midwestern Town2006

    • Author(s)
      Sano, Toshiyuki
    • Journal Title

      Globalization and Change in Fifteen Cultures : Born in One World, Living in Another (G.Spindler (ed.))(Thomson, Wadsworth)

      Pages: 351-371

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Through Japanese Eyes : Culture Change in a Midwestern Town2006

    • Author(s)
      Toshiyuki Sano
    • Journal Title

      Globalization and Change in Fifteen Cultures : Born in One World, Living in Another. Thomson Wordworth.

      Pages: 351-371

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 介護の人類学 : 特集の序文2005

    • Author(s)
      藤田真理子
    • Journal Title

      文化人類学 70巻3号

      Pages: 327-334

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Kaigo no Jinruigaku : Tokushu no Jobun (Anthropology of Caring : An Introduction to a Special Edition) [in Japanese]2005

    • Author(s)
      Fujita, Mariko
    • Journal Title

      Bunka Jinruigaku (Journal of Cultural Anthropology) Vol.70, No.3

      Pages: 327-334

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 介護の人類学:特集の序文2005

    • Author(s)
      藤田真理子
    • Journal Title

      文化人類学 70巻3号

      Pages: 327-334

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 'Helping' to 'Sewa o suru' : Amerika jin no Jiritu to Kaigo (Difference between 'Helping' and 'Sewa o suru' : Independence and Caring among American Elderly People) [in Japanese]2004

    • Author(s)
      Fujita, Mariko
    • Journal Title

      Oi no Jinruigaku (Anthropology of Old Age) (M.Aoyagi (ed,))( Sekai Shisou Sha)

      Pages: 199221-199221

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Amerika Chuseibu Hhomutaun no 'Dokushin' Dansei : Kearingu Seishin no Jissensha tachi (Single Elderly Men as Care-givers In an American Mid-Western Hometown) [in Japanese].2004

    • Author(s)
      Sano, Toshiyuki
    • Journal Title

      Oi no Jinruigaku (Anthropology of Old Age) (M. Aoyagi (ed,))( Sekai Shisou Sha)

      Pages: 179-198

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Karei to Roujin no Jinruigaku : Jiritu shita Rougo wo Ikiru(Anthropology or Aging and Old People : Living Independently ) [in Japanese].2004

    • Author(s)
      Fujita, Mariko
    • Journal Title

      Bunka Jinruigaku : Bunka teki Jissen, Chi no Tankyu (Cultural Anthropology : Cultural Practice & Intellectual Search) (K. Ebuchi (ed.))(Housou Daigaku Kyouiku Sinkoukai)

      Pages: 60-71

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 「ヘルピング」と「世話をする」:アメリカ人の自立と介護2004

    • Author(s)
      藤田真理子
    • Journal Title

      老いの人類学(世界思想社)

      Pages: 199-221

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 加齢と老人の人類学:自立した老後を生きる2004

    • Author(s)
      藤田真理子
    • Journal Title

      文化人類学(放送大学教育振興会)

      Pages: 60-71

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 米国中西部のホームタウンにおける退職アナウンスメントと地域生活2003

    • Author(s)
      佐野敏行
    • Journal Title

      人間文化研究科年報(奈良女子大学大学院) 18号

      Pages: 195-207

    • NAID

      110000988548

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Beikoku Chuseibu no Homutaun ni okeru Taishoku Ana unsumento to Chiiki Seikatsu (The Retirement Announcement and Community life in an American Mid-Western Hometown) [in Japanese]2003

    • Author(s)
      Sano, Toshiyuki
    • Journal Title

      Ningen Bunka Kenkyuka Nenpo (Annals of Human Cultural Studies) No.18

      Pages: 195-207

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Globalization and Change in Fifteen Cultures : Born in One World, Living in Another2006

    • Author(s)
      G.Spindler (ed.)
    • Total Pages
      381
    • Publisher
      Thomson Wordworth
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] 老いの人類学2004

    • Author(s)
      藤田真理子, 佐野敏行, 青柳まち子編
    • Total Pages
      252
    • Publisher
      世界思想社
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] 「加齢と老人の人類学 : 自立した老後を生きる」『文化人類学 : 文化的実践 知の探求』2004

    • Author(s)
      藤田真理子, 江渕一公, 松園万亀雄編
    • Total Pages
      268
    • Publisher
      放送大学教育振興会
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 藤田真理子: "「ヘルピング」と「世話をする」:アメリカ人の自立と介護"老いの人類学(世界思想社). 199-221 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 藤田真理子: "加齢と老人の人類学:自立した老後を生きる"文化人類学(放送大学教育振興会). 60-71 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report

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