The volunteer and the sannyāsin: Archetypes of retirement in America and India

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-41

  Savishinsky, Joel ^a  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MORALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RELIGION; RETIREMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 4143085035     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/N660-CUCK-J36Y-JM40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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