Life Lines

Name: Life Lines
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ISBN: 9781487562830

Art, Memory, Relationship

Joshua Roth

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English

Aevo UTP
24 March 2026

Care of the elderly; Medicolegal issues; Diseases & disorders; Psychiatry; Coping with old age

Life Lines is an ethnographic exploration of elder care as a creative and relational process, centred on the author's journey caring for his aging father. Over five years, these shared moments opened up new understandings of his father's inner world, revealing the social and personal forces that shaped his life, dreams, and disappointments.

Blending personal narrative with ethnographic insight, Life Lines invites readers to reflect on the profound and often challenging journey of caring for an aging parent. As generations age and more families navigate the realities of advanced old age, this book offers a hopeful vision: caregiving can be more than a duty

it can become an opportunity for parents and adult children to forge deeper, more emotionally enriching relationships.

Through art, conversation, and shared discovery, Life Lines shows how we can move beyond care fatigue and disconnection, transforming the later years of life into a time of renewed connection, understanding, and appreciation.

By: Joshua Roth
Imprint: Aevo UTP
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 191mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781487562830
ISBN 10: 1487562837
Pages: 226
Publication Date: 24 March 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword 1. MOOPs and Bones 2. Changes 3. I Am the Giver 4. The Hero of the Story 5. Kluwital 6. Everyday Rituals 7. Text and Image 8. Documenting the Progress of My Decrepitude 9. What Am I Doing Here? 10. Epilogue Afterword

Joshua Hotaka Roth is Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies at Mount Holyoke College, author of the award-winning Brokered Homeland, and a leading scholar on migration, mobility, and aging in Japan.

Reviews for Life Lines: Art, Memory, Relationship

""This is a rare and moving work that shows how art helps us understand what it means to be together, through the most trying times of illness, uncertainty and the end of life."" -- Jason Danely, author of <em>Aging and Loss: Mourning and Maturity in Contemporary Japan</em> ""Life Lines offers a powerful contemplation of what it means to give care, to create together, and to be present for each other in the landscape of very old age."" -- Mitra Emad, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Minnesota Duluth ""Life Lines is a moving, intimate biography and family history that provides a welcome antidote to the utilitarian cynicism of our day and age."" -- Steven Van Wolputte, Professor of Anthropology, KU Leuven and co-author of <em>In the land of the Lacandón: A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism</em>