Number Our Days (Touchstone Book)

Myerhoff,Barbara G.

ISBN 10: 0671254308 / ISBN 13: 9780671254308

Published by Touchstone April 1980, 1980

About this Item

Myerhoff,Barbara G. Number Our Days Light wear and creasing to cover. Light edge wear. Pages slightly tanned with a few accidental small dogears. Sparse, neat notes throughout the book. Label mess on the lower back cover. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Number Our Days (Touchstone Book)
• Publisher: Touchstone April 1980
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671254308
• ISBN 13: 9780671254308
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Anthropology/Archaeology Soft Cover

About this title

Synopsis

When noted anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff received a grant to explore the process of aging, she decided to study some elderly Jews from Venice, California, rather than to report on a more exotic people. The story of the rituals and lives of these remarkable old people is, as Bel Kaufman said, "one of those rare books that leave the reader somehow changed."
Here Dr. Myerhoff records the stories of a culture that seems to give people the strength to face enormous daily problems -- poverty, neglect, loneliness, poor health, inadequate housing and physical danger. The tale is a poignant one, funny and often wise, with implications for all of us about the importance of ritual, the agonies of aging, and the indomitable human spirit.

About the Author

The chairperson of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Southern California, Dr. Myerhoff collaborated on a film about her work while she was doing the research for Number Our Days. It won the 1977 Academy Award for best short documentary. Her last book, Peyote Hunt, was nominated for a National Book Award.