ISBN:
9781628083804
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (72 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Social perspectives in the 21st century
Series Statement:
Social Perspectives in the 21st Century (Series Editor: Jason L. Powell, Dean of Faculty, University
Parallel Title:
Print version The Aging Body
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Aging Social aspects
;
Older people
;
Human body
;
Aging -- Social aspects
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book explores the main issues in new social science approaches to understanding the human body and aging. In particular, the development of postmodernism and its relationship to culture and the body is delineated. The book also addresses some of the power issues that manifest in social relationships focused on the body. Here, the work of Michel Foucault is useful in using conceptual tools to disrupt dominant bio-medical narratives relating to the aging body
Description / Table of Contents:
THE AGING BODY; THE AGING BODY; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2: POSTMODERN AGING AND THE BODY; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE AGING BODY; THE GENDERED AGING BODY; BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE BODY: REINVENTING AGING?; Chapter 3: "FOUCAULT EFFECT" AND THEAGING BODY; INTRODUCTION; CONTEXTUAL BACKDROP OF FOUCAULT'S EARLY STRUCTURALISM; FOUCAULDIAN GERONTOLOGY; RETHINKING AGING: TOWARD "TECHNOLOGIES OF SELF" AND GOVERNMENTALITY?; THE IMPLICATIONS OF FOUCAULDIAN ANALYSES OF AGING; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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