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Age studies : a sociological examination of how we age and are aged through the life course / Susan Pickard.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: London : Sage, ©2016Description: ix, 298 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781446287378 (paperback)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QP86 PIC
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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