Later Life Exploring Ageing Through Literature

Later Life views older age as a valuable stage of life, argues for the centrality of self-making to its quality and explores, with the help of literary examples, factors both supporting and hindering the quality of later-life experiences.

Info autore

Barbara A. Misztal is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Leicester. She is the author of a number of books, including Multiple Normalities (2015), The Challenges of Vulnerability (2011), Intellectuals and the Public Good (2007), Social Theories of Remembering (2003), Informality ( 2000), Trust in Modern Society (1996) and Action on AIDS (with D. Moss,1990). Her current research interest is focused on search for narratives that make sense of the public sphere.

Riassunto

Later Life views older age as a valuable stage of life, argues for the centrality of self-making to its quality and explores, with the help of literary examples, factors both supporting and hindering the quality of later-life experiences.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Barbara Misztal, Barbara A. Misztal, Barbara (University of Leicester Misztal, Misztal Barbara
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.10.2021
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale
• EAN: 9781032174464
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3217446-4
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Serie: Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Categorie: Sociology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Age groups: the elderly; Age groups: the elderly / old age