Exploring the ethnic dimensions of aging among Japanese and Japanese-American elderly in the United States, this ethnographic research illustrates their acculturative aging process and the parallel diminishment of culture-deculturative process.

The ethnographic research explores the ethnic dimensions of ageing among Japanese and Japanese-American elderly in the United States, and illustrates their acculturative ageing process and the parallel diminishment of culture-deculturative process.

Acknowledgments List of Tables List of Figures List of Appendixes Chapter I: The Graying Japanese American Community Chapter II: Toward New Perspectives on Ethnicity and Aging Chapter III: Living with the Japanese Elderly: Research Methodology
Chapter IV: Ethnohistory as Collective Memory of Japanese Immigrants in the United States Chapter V: Tales of Aging: Oral Life History as Projective Configuration of Memory Chapter VI: Retracing Ethnic Memory: The Ethnography of Aging in Elderly Communities Chapter VII: Conclusion: Activating Ethnicity in Memory during the Later Stage of Life Bibliography