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Old age is changing, and so are the ways we study it. This exciting new publication brings new aspects of later life into view, such as consumption, embodiment, identity; and draws in new methodologies - visual, literary, spatial. Based on specially commissioned chapters by leading international authors, the Handbook of cultural gerontology will provide concise authoritative reviews of the key debates and themes shaping this exciting new field.

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Old age is changing, and so are the ways we study it. This exciting new publication brings new aspects of later life into view, such as consumption, embodiment, identity; and draws in new methodologies - visual, literary, spatial. Based on specially commissioned chapters by leading international authors, the Handbook of cultural gerontology will provide concise authoritative reviews of the key debates and themes shaping this exciting new field.
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Autorenporträt
Julia Twigg is Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at the University of Kent, UK. She has written widely on the body and age. In 2006 she published The Body in Health and Social Care, building on earlier work on personal care, Bathing - the Body and Community Care, and informal carers. She is currently working on dress and age. She has been involved in the recent international conferences of Cultural Gerontology. She is on the editorial boards of Ageing & Society, Journal of Aging Studies and International Journal of Ageing and Later Life. Wendy Martin is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, UK. Her research focuses on ageing, embodiment and daily life and the use of visual methods in ageing research. She was Principal Investigator for the Economic and Social Research Council research project Photographing Everyday Life: Ageing, Lived Experiences, Time and Space. She is co-convenor of the British Sociological Association Ageing, Body and Society study group. She was previously Secretary of the British Society of Gerontology.