"This volume invites readers to re-imagine the losses of aging by listening to the views of elders themselves. Researchers, students of aging, and policy makers should find this work most enlightening." - Athena McLean, Central Michigan University
"This volume invites readers to re-imagine the losses of aging by listening to the views of elders themselves. Researchers, students of aging, and policy makers should find this work most enlightening." - Athena McLean, Central Michigan UniversityHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Edited by Janice E. Graham and Peter H. Stephenson
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Introduction: The Experience of Loss and the Range of Contestation, Janice E. Graham and Peter H. Stephenson Part I. Overview: Paradigms and Perspectives 1. Age and Time: Contesting the Paradigm of Loss in the Age of Novelty, Peter H. Stephenson Part II. Local Understanding and Knowledge about Aging: How Seniors See It 2. Losing and Gaining: About Growing Old "Successfully" in the Netherlands, Margaret von Faber and Sjaak van der Geest 3. Empowering Knowledge and Practices of Namaqualand Elders, Robin Oakley 4. La Buona Vecchiaia: Aging and Well-Being among Italian Canadians, Sam Migliore and Margaret Dorazio-Migliore Part III. Illness, Indignity, and Stigmatization 5. Drunks, Bums, and Deadbeats? A Biographical Perspective on Gender, Aging, and the Inequalities of Men, Cherry Russell 6. Dignity and Loss: Implications for Seniors' Health in Hospitalization Narratives, Christina Holmes and Peter H. Stephenson Part IV. Embodiments and Disembodiments 7. Embodied Selfhood: Ethnographic Reflections, Performing Ethnography, and Humanizing Dementia Care, Pia C. Kontos 8. The Science, Politics, and Everyday Life of Recognizing Effective Treatments for Dementia, Janice E. Graham Part V. Practices and Policies 9. "Them" are "Us": Building Appropriate Policies from Fieldwork to Practice, Janice E. Graham Appendix: Important Web Resources for Students and Researchers Notes on Contributors Index
Preface Introduction: The Experience of Loss and the Range of Contestation, Janice E. Graham and Peter H. Stephenson Part I. Overview: Paradigms and Perspectives 1. Age and Time: Contesting the Paradigm of Loss in the Age of Novelty, Peter H. Stephenson Part II. Local Understanding and Knowledge about Aging: How Seniors See It 2. Losing and Gaining: About Growing Old "Successfully" in the Netherlands, Margaret von Faber and Sjaak van der Geest 3. Empowering Knowledge and Practices of Namaqualand Elders, Robin Oakley 4. La Buona Vecchiaia: Aging and Well-Being among Italian Canadians, Sam Migliore and Margaret Dorazio-Migliore Part III. Illness, Indignity, and Stigmatization 5. Drunks, Bums, and Deadbeats? A Biographical Perspective on Gender, Aging, and the Inequalities of Men, Cherry Russell 6. Dignity and Loss: Implications for Seniors' Health in Hospitalization Narratives, Christina Holmes and Peter H. Stephenson Part IV. Embodiments and Disembodiments 7. Embodied Selfhood: Ethnographic Reflections, Performing Ethnography, and Humanizing Dementia Care, Pia C. Kontos 8. The Science, Politics, and Everyday Life of Recognizing Effective Treatments for Dementia, Janice E. Graham Part V. Practices and Policies 9. "Them" are "Us": Building Appropriate Policies from Fieldwork to Practice, Janice E. Graham Appendix: Important Web Resources for Students and Researchers Notes on Contributors Index
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