The Way of Choju: Consuming Longevity in a Rural Japanese Town
This thesis reviews the literature on the anthropology and biology of aging, Japanese health cosmology, and self-medication and analyzes the findings from a study investigating the perceptions on diet, health, and longevity of rural Japanese elderly living in southwestern Japan. A biocultural theore...
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/7062 |