Robots won't save Japan an ethnography of eldercare automation / James Wright.

Author/creator Wright, James, 1984-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIthaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2023.
Description1 online resource
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Subjects

SeriesThe culture and politics of health care work
Contents Crisis and Care Robots -- Developing Robots and Designing Algorithmic Care -- Portrait of a Care Home -- Hug: Reconfiguring Lifting -- Paro: Reconfiguring Communication -- Pepper: Reconfiguring Recreation -- Beyond Care Robots.
Abstract "The book is an anthropological examination of the Japanese government's ongoing attempts to develop and implement robots as a solution to its crisis in elder care"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Issued in other formPrint version : Wright, James, 1984- Robots won't save Japan Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2023 9781501768040
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2022020592
ISBN9781501768057 (epub)
ISBN9781501768064 (pdf)
ISBN(hardcover)

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