The Ages of Life : Living and Aging in Conflict? Paperback / softback
by Ulla Kriebernegg, Roberta Maierhofer
Part of the Aging Studies series
Paperback / softback
Description
The binary construction of "young" and "old", which is based on a biogerontological model of aging as decline, can be redefined as the ambiguity of aging from a cultural studies perspective.
This concept enables an analysis of the social functions of images of aging with the aim of providing a basis for interdisciplinary exchange on gerontological research.
The articles in this publication conceive the relationship between living and aging as a productive antagonism which focuses on the interplay between continuity and change as a marker of life course identity: aging and growing older are processes which cannot be reduced to the chronology of years but which are shaped by the individual's interaction with the changing circumstances of life.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Transcript Verlag
- Publication Date:15/05/2013
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- ISBN:9783837622126
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Transcript Verlag
- Publication Date:15/05/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9783837622126
