Critical approaches to ageing and later life /
Critical approaches to ageing and later life /
edited by Anne Jamieson, Sarah Harper, Christina Victor.
- x, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Chiefly based on papers presented at the 1994 Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of contributors -- Introduction -- Talking about age: the theoretical basis of social gerontology -- Critical gerontology -- From minorities to majorities: perspectives on culture, ethnicity and ageing in British gerontology -- The uses of literature in the study of older people -- Historical research into ageing, old age and older people -- Recalling life: analytical issues in the use of 'memories' -- Inter-generational relationships: an autobiographical perspective -- Spatiality and age relations -- Representations of old age in painting and photography -- Citizenship theory and old age: from social rights to surveillance -- Illustrating care: images of care relationships with older people -- Figuring identities: older people, medicine and time -- Constructing later life/constructing the body: some thoughts from feminist theory -- Theory and concepts in social gerontology -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
0335197256 9780335197255 0335197264 9780335197262
97000568
Gerontology--Great Britain--Congresses
Older people--Social aspects--Great Britain--Congresses
Older people--Social conditions--Great Britain--Congresses
HQ1064.G7 / C75 1997
305.26
Chiefly based on papers presented at the 1994 Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of contributors -- Introduction -- Talking about age: the theoretical basis of social gerontology -- Critical gerontology -- From minorities to majorities: perspectives on culture, ethnicity and ageing in British gerontology -- The uses of literature in the study of older people -- Historical research into ageing, old age and older people -- Recalling life: analytical issues in the use of 'memories' -- Inter-generational relationships: an autobiographical perspective -- Spatiality and age relations -- Representations of old age in painting and photography -- Citizenship theory and old age: from social rights to surveillance -- Illustrating care: images of care relationships with older people -- Figuring identities: older people, medicine and time -- Constructing later life/constructing the body: some thoughts from feminist theory -- Theory and concepts in social gerontology -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
0335197256 9780335197255 0335197264 9780335197262
97000568
Gerontology--Great Britain--Congresses
Older people--Social aspects--Great Britain--Congresses
Older people--Social conditions--Great Britain--Congresses
HQ1064.G7 / C75 1997
305.26