Critical approaches to ageing and later life / 
edited by Anne Jamieson, Sarah Harper, Christina Victor. 
 - x, 195 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> Chiefly based on papers presented at the 1994 Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0335197256 9780335197255 0335197264 9780335197262 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>97000568 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gerontology--Great Britain--Congresses<br/>Older people--Social aspects--Great Britain--Congresses<br/>Older people--Social conditions--Great Britain--Congresses
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1064.G7  / C75 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.26