Lars Andersson

Cultural Gerontology (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The concept of culture has gained considerable attention within the humanities and social sciences in general, and this is certainly true in the field of gerontology. The new perspectives thus gained widen the scope of gerontology. In this study, chapter authors examine the growth of gerontology as a discipline, the phenomenon of ageism as a socio-cultural concept, identity politics in which older persons are perceived as belonging to a subculture, and images of the older body in cultural perspective.

The manner in which gerontology emerged as a discipline was embedded in culturally defined views of aging that had consequences for how it was seen to vary between cultures. One consequence was a perception of ageism as a cultural construction. Since the 1980s, much of the politics of older people is a form of identity politics in which groups are mobilized to further their interests. Questions of cultural meanings ascribed to the gendered aging body is a central question for ageism, social identity, and self-image. These questions become especially relevant in confrontations with bodily decline and negotiations of intimacy in institutions for older people.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313013058
• Artikelnr.: 37822083

Autorenporträt

LARS ANDERSSON is Research Director, Stockholm Gerontology Research Center, and Associate Professor of Gerontology at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction by Lars Andersson Time to Pay Back? Is There Something for
Psychology and Sociology in Gerontology? by Svein Olav Daatland Utilization
Patterns of Gerontology and the Dynamics of Knowledge Production by
Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz On the Possibilities of Spirituality and
Religious Humanism in Gerontology, or, Reflections of One Aging American
Cultural Historian by Thomas R. Cole Ageism and Globalization: Citizenship
and Social Rights in Transnational Settings by Chris Phillipson Positioning
Gerontology in an Ageist World by Bill Bytheway Involvement in Social
Organizations in Later Life: Variations by Gender and Class by Sara Arber,
Kim Perren, and Kate Davidson The Secret World of Subcultural Ageing: What
Unites and What Divides? by Andrew Blaikie Political Mobilization and
Political Identity Among Swedish Pensioners, 1938-1945 by David Gaunt The
Making of Older Immigrants in Sweden: Identification, Categorization, and
Discrimination by Owe Ronström Women Aging and Body Talk by Chris Gilleard
Body Memories of Aging Women by Marja Saarenheimo The Bodywork of Care by
Julia Twigg Going Concerns and Their Bodies by Jaber F. Gubrium and James
A. Holstein Dis-Membered Bodies--Re-Membered Selves: The Discourse of the
Institutionalized Old by Haim Hazan Subject Index