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Klappentext A clear, contemporary, and student-friendly exploration of age and ageing as it relates to culture and society. Zusammenfassung A clear, contemporary, and student-friendly exploration of age and ageing as it relates to culture and society. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
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Susan Pickard is breathing life of cultural studies in aging studies which is to be applauded. It is an excellent, thought provoking and timely text. Jason Powell
