Aging Political Activists - Personal Narratives from the Old Left

Demonstrates how personal ideals and political commitments are sustained throughout a lifetime in spite of changes in institutions and community.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Setting the Stage
Introduction
The Dialectics of Identity: Search for a Method
The Aging of Politics--The Politics of Aging
The Stories
"With the Feelings that I Have about the Capitalist System" (Joe: Interview One)
"When I Left the Party, I Left for a Number of Reasons" (Joe: Interview Two)
"I Would Probe Into Their Feelings About How They Missed the CP Life" (Joe: Interview Three)
"I Think I'm Still Looking for My Core" (Lil)
"I've Always Had an Individualistic Approach to Things" (Jake: Interview One)
"Those Influences Remain and They're a Part of My Heritage" (Jake: Interview Two)
"It Was an Episode, a Long and Good Episode in History, and It is Ending" (Sid)
Summing Things Up
Age of Wisdom, Age of Action: Narrative Themes and Variations
Conclusion

Über den Autor / die Autorin

DAVID P. SHULDINER holds appointments as Humanities Program Coordinator with the State of Connecticut, Department of Social Services, Elderly Services Division, as Adjunct Faculty in the School of Family Studies, University of Connecticut, and in the Gerontology Program at St. Joseph College, and has taught folklore at Trinity College. He is co-editor of the Journal of Applied Folklore and the author of Aging Political Activists: Personal Narratives from the Old Left (Praeger, 1995) and Folklore, Culture, and Aging: A Research Guide (Greenwood, 1997).

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David P. Shuldiner, Shuldiner David P.
• Verlag: Bloomsbury
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 23.03.1995
• EAN: 9780275950453
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95045-3
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; USA, Political Parties, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, United States of America, USA, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Biography: historical, political and military, Marxism & Communism, Political parties and party platforms, Politics, Law, and Government: History