What does it mean to age in an ageist society? Applying interdisciplinary perspectives about everyday life to vital issues in older people's lives, this is a critical guide to inform thinking and planning our ageing futures.
What does it mean to age in an ageist society? Applying interdisciplinary perspectives about everyday life to vital issues in older people's lives, this is a critical guide to inform thinking and planning our ageing futures.
Stephen Katz is Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology and Distinguished Research Award recipient at Trent University in Peterborough, Canada. He is author of books Disciplining Old Age (1996) and Cultural Aging (2005) and publications on ageing bodies, technologies, critical gerontology, biopolitics, sexuality, and cognitive impairment.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction ~ Stephen Katz; Part I: Materialities; Things and possessions ~ David J. Ekerdt; Reinventing the nursing home: metaphors that design care ~ Susan Braedley; The ever-breaking wave of everyday life: animating ageing movement-space ~ Gavin J. Andrews and Amanda M. Grenier; What's exotic about The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel? Cinema, everyday life and the materialization of ageing ~ Sally Chivers; Between ageing and ageism: portrayals of online dating in later life in Canadian print media ~ Julia Rozanova, Mineko Wada and Laura Hurd Clarke; Part II: Embodiments; Closer to touch: sexuality, embodiment and masculinity in older men's lives ~ Linn J. Sandberg; Ageing bodies, driving and change: exploring older body-driver fit in the high-tech automobile ~ Jessica Gish, Amanda M. Grenier, and Brenda Vrkljan; Dancing with dementia: citizenship, embodiment, and everyday life in the context of long-term care ~ Pia Kontos and Alisa Grigorovich; Why clothes matter: the role of dress in the everyday lives of older people ~ Julia Twigg; Our Fitbits, our (ageing) selves: wearables, self-tracking and ageing embodiment ~ Barbara L. Marshall; Afterword. Relational entanglements: ageing, materialities and embodiments ~ Kim Sawchuk.
Introduction ~ Stephen Katz; Part I: Materialities; Things and possessions ~ David J. Ekerdt; Reinventing the nursing home: metaphors that design care ~ Susan Braedley; The ever-breaking wave of everyday life: animating ageing movement-space ~ Gavin J. Andrews and Amanda M. Grenier; What's exotic about The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel? Cinema, everyday life and the materialization of ageing ~ Sally Chivers; Between ageing and ageism: portrayals of online dating in later life in Canadian print media ~ Julia Rozanova, Mineko Wada and Laura Hurd Clarke; Part II: Embodiments; Closer to touch: sexuality, embodiment and masculinity in older men's lives ~ Linn J. Sandberg; Ageing bodies, driving and change: exploring older body-driver fit in the high-tech automobile ~ Jessica Gish, Amanda M. Grenier, and Brenda Vrkljan; Dancing with dementia: citizenship, embodiment, and everyday life in the context of long-term care ~ Pia Kontos and Alisa Grigorovich; Why clothes matter: the role of dress in the everyday lives of older people ~ Julia Twigg; Our Fitbits, our (ageing) selves: wearables, self-tracking and ageing embodiment ~ Barbara L. Marshall; Afterword. Relational entanglements: ageing, materialities and embodiments ~ Kim Sawchuk.
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