essay

Winners and losers: aging Yugoslavs in a changing world

life's career-aging : cultural variations on growing old • Beverly Hills • Published In 1978 • Pages: 77-105

By: Simic, Andrei.

Abstract

This paper consists of two separate biographical sketches derived from the study of two Serbian families. One biography deals with a seventy-six year old Serbian peasant visiting his grandchildren in California, while the other describes a depressed octogenerian passing his last years in a home for the aged in a provencial Yugoslav town (p. 79). According to the author these case histories suggest the possible range of experience in aging within a single cultural matrix, showing in effect how individuals attempt to resolve, with varying degrees of success, the opposition inherent in society and culture through their everyday choices (p. 80).

HRAF PubDate

1997

Region

North America

Sub Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 1996

Field Date

1973

Coverage Date

1973

Coverage Place

California, United States

Notes

Andrei Simic

LCCN

77014268

LCSH

Serbian Americans