Discipline in chaos: Foucault, dementia and aging in India

In India, care work for people in late-stage dementia is primarily conducted in the home. Using source material from urban India and drawing on Foucauldian theory, we illustrate the significance of three power/knowledge scripts in this context: social and cultural notions of acceptable, public bodie...

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Main Authors: Brijnath, Bianca, Manderson, L.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27270