Haim Hazan

Old Age

Constructions and Deconstructions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focuses on the reality of the experience of old age.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 215g
• ISBN-13: 9780521447485
• ISBN-10: 0521447488
• Artikelnr.: 21534040

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Towards knowledge of old age
Part I. Representations of Ageing: Languages About Old Age: l. The social trap: the language of separation
2. The cultural trap: the language of images
3. The personal trap: the language of self-presentation
4. The theoretical trap: the missing language
Part II. Presentations of Ageing: Language of the Old: 5. Control: the social boundaries of age
6. Meaning: the cultural boundaries of life
7. Another universe: time, space, and self
Conclusion: the nature of knowledge about ageing.