01922cam a2200289 i 4500 GSU 20260617124452.0 160212s2016 enka b 001 0 eng d 9781446287378 (paperback) BTCTA eng GSU rda GSU QP86 PIC Pickard, Susan, author. Age studies : a sociological examination of how we age and are aged through the life course / Susan Pickard. London : Sage, ©2016. ix, 298 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-280) and index. Chapter 1: Age Studies: What is it and why do we need it? -- Chapter Two: Class stratification and age -- Chapter Three: Gender Studies as a Paradigm for Age Studies -- Chapter Four: Constructing and deconstructing ages and stages of the life course -- Chapter Five: Identity and age -- Chapter Six: Age and Embodiment -- Chapter Seven: Sexuality through the life course -- Chapter Eight: Health, illness and normality through the life course -- Chapter Nine: Representing Ages and Stages -- Chapter Ten: Ages and Generations in interaction -- Chapter Eleven: Telling our own stories: Developing age consciousness and authentic age identities -- Chapter Twelve: Concluding Thoughts -- References. Age Studies takes an invigorating approach to the study of age and ageing in contemporary society. Encompassing ageing throughout the life course, taking in childhood, adolescence, mid-life and older age, and situated explicitly within a sociological disciplinary framework. -- provided by publisher. Aging. Aging Social aspects. Aging Research. Aging. lcc BK QP86 QP PIC 0 2755 2755 0 0 lcc 0 0 GC GSULE GSULE GEN 2026-06-17 B A I 05785 0 QP86 PIC 50000006881 2026-06-17 11:45:00 1 2026-06-17 BK