ISBN:
9780335215256
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (210 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Growing older
Parallel Title:
Print version Women In Later Life : Exploring Race And Ethnicity
DDC:
305.262089
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Britain, along with other Western and industrialized countries, has an ageing population. This book is based on interviews and focus groups with women of different backgrounds whose lives illustrate the strength of character and optimism that have enabled them to live through hard times but who, in general, view later life positively
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The lives of older women; Chapter 3: Studying older women: issues of theory and methodology; Chapter 4: Identities and life course events; Chapter 5: Family networks and the moral economy of kin; Chapter 6: Health and well-being; Chapter 7: Faith and identity; Chapter 8: Death, dying and widowhood; Chapter 9: Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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