The American Idealization Of Old Age In Japan
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 27 (1) , 53-58
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/27.1.53
Abstract
Interviews with Americans living temporarily in Japan and questionnaires administered to Americans living in Chicago and Honolulu were used to study American images of Japanese aging. The data suggest that Americans idealize Japanese old age and that this idealization reflects Americans' ambivalence about dependence across the life cycle. This American tendency to idealize Japanese old people as happily-dependent honored elders is not limited to laymen.Keywords
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