ISBN:
0631230580
,
0631230599
,
0470756152
,
9780470756157
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 229 p)
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Ways of aging
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Aging
;
Older people
;
Loneliness
;
Aged
;
Aging psychology
;
Adaptation, Psychological
;
Bereavement
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Electronic resource
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Altern
;
Alter
Abstract:
Ways of Aging is an engaging collection of ten original essays on the experience of aging. Written and edited by social gerontologists, and focusing on everyday life, these essays draw from original case studies to feature diverse ways of growing and being older. Through in-depth interviews and first-person accounts, each essay gives a voice to the elderly, stressing the distinct and assorted identities that people develop as they grow older under different circumstances. In straightforward and compelling prose, the authors feature the varied experiences of widows, African Americans, Native Americans, nursing home residents, gay and lesbian elders, and others. The essays provide vivid illustrations of both the complex differences of the aging experience and the surprising commonalities. The theme of a diverse, multifaceted aging experience links the various presentations. Countering familiar stereotypes, Ways of Aging offers a unique perspective on the different pathways that may be taken through the later years
Abstract:
Ways of Aging is an engaging collection of ten original essays on the experience of aging. Written and edited by social gerontologists, and focusing on everyday life, these essays draw from original case studies to feature diverse ways of growing and being older. Through in-depth interviews and first-person accounts, each essay gives a voice to the elderly, stressing the distinct and assorted identities that people develop as they grow older under different circumstances. In straightforward and compelling prose, the authors feature the varied experiences of widows, African Americans, Native Americans, nursing home residents, gay and lesbian elders, and others. The essays provide vivid illustrations of both the complex differences of the aging experience and the surprising commonalities. The theme of a diverse, multifaceted aging experience links the various presentations. Countering familiar stereotypes, Ways of Aging offers a unique perspective on the different pathways that may be taken through the later years
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Narratives of forgiveness in old age / Helen K. Black2. Elderhood in contemporary Lakota society / Joan Weibel-Orlando -- 3. Claiming identity in a nursing home / Debora A. Paterniti -- 4. Three childless men's pathways into old age / Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox -- 5. Constructing community from troubles / Christopher A. Faircloth -- 6. Family lives of aging black Americans / Colleen L. Johnson and Barbara M. Barer -- 7. Aging and change in a religious community / Sarah Matthews -- 8. Identity careers of older gay men and Lesbians /Dana Rosenfeld -- Expectations and experiences of widowhood / Deborah Kestin van den Hoonard -- 10. Positive aging / Mary Gergen and Kenneth J. Gergen.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1002/9780470756157
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470756157
URL:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470756157
URL:
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