Aging, agency, and Gwembe Tonga getting by

Lisa Cliggett

doi:10.1080/19325611003767664

Aging, agency, and Gwembe Tonga getting by

Lisa Cliggett

Anthropology

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Abstract

Using a political ecology framework to explore the gendered nature of extended family support networks for the elderly, this article reveals the ways that older women and men negotiate their social and material worlds in the context of extreme ecological and economic conditions. The historical processes that shape the social and material worlds in which these elders move include development induced resettlement, postcolonial politics and economics, and catastrophic chronic illness and mortality of children. Drawing from ethnographic research from 1994 through 2008, the article explores how people living in economically and ecologically dire circumstances manage their social and material worlds to the best of their ability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	98-109
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Aging, Humanities, and the Arts
Volume	4
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/19325611003767664
State	Published - Apr 2010

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
1. Ideas and data presented in this article emerge from multiple ethnographic field trips, of 1.5 years to 1 month, between 1994 and 2008. Fieldwork from 1994–1999 was sponsored by Fulbright, NSF and ODA (British Overseas Development Administration). The 2001 field trip was sponsored by the University of Kentucky; six field trips between 2004–2008 were sponsored by NSF grants 0236933, 0517878, and 0822840.

Funding

1. Ideas and data presented in this article emerge from multiple ethnographic field trips, of 1.5 years to 1 month, between 1994 and 2008. Fieldwork from 1994–1999 was sponsored by Fulbright, NSF and ODA (British Overseas Development Administration). The 2001 field trip was sponsored by the University of Kentucky; six field trips between 2004–2008 were sponsored by NSF grants 0236933, 0517878, and 0822840.

Funders	Funder number
British Overseas Development Administration
National Science Foundation (NSF)
University of Kentucky	0236933, 0517878, 0822840
Fulbright Association
Oregon Department of Agriculture

Keywords

Africa
Food security
Household economy
Matrilineal
Zambia

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Geriatrics and Gerontology

UN SDGs

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Aging, agency, and Gwembe Tonga getting by

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