Nobody's Burden

Lessons from the Great Depression on the Struggle for Old-Age Security
Herausgeber: Ray, Ruth E; Calasanti, Toni

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Produktbeschreibung

Nobody's Burden: Lessons on Old Age from the Great Depression is the first book-length study of the experience of old-age during the Great Depression. Part history, part social critique, the contributors rely on archival research, social history, narrative study and theoretical analysis to argue that Americans today, as in the past, need to rethink old-age policy and accept their shared responsibility for elder care. A must read for historians, gerontologists, and social workers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780739165324
• ISBN-10: 0739165321
• Artikelnr.: 38477530

Autorenporträt

Ruth E. Ray is professor of English/liberal arts at Wayne State University. Toni Calasanti is professor of sociology at Virginia Tech.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Studying the 'Burden' of Age: The Work of the Hannan Archival
Research Group Part 2 Part I: The Burden of Age in the Great Depression
Chapter 3 Chapter 2: Public Response to the Needs of Old People Chapter 4
Chapter 3: Private Response to the Needs of Old People Part 5 Part II: This
Old Man and That Old Woman Chapter 6 Client Sketches Part 7 Part III: Old
Age in Hard Times Chapter 8 Chapter 4: The Multiple Roles of Social Workers
in the Great Depression Chapter 9 Chapter 5: Resisting Dependence and
Burden: On Refusing to Become a 'Little Old Lady' Chapter 10 Chapter 6:
Privileged but Pensioned? How Two Formerly Well-Off Women Experienced
Receiving Aid Chapter 11 Chapter 7: What is Held Dear: Personhood and
Material Culture in Old Age Chapter 12 Chapter 8: Race, Class, Gender and
the Social Construction of 'Burden' in Old Age Chapter 13 Chapter 9: The
Haunting Fear: Narrative Burdens in the Great Depression Part 14 Part IV:
Rethinking the 'Burden' of Age Chapter 15 Chapter 10: Reflections on
Ageism: Perspective of a Septuagenarianon the Avoidance of Burdenhood
Chapter 16 Chapter 11: The Continuing Struggle for Old-Age Security Chapter
17 Chapter 12: Toward a Future When We Truly Care for Old People Chapter 18
Afterword: From Charity to Care