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UNINA9910453138903321 |
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Titolo |
Transitions and transformations [[electronic resource] ] : cultural perspectives on aging and the life course / / edited by Caitrin Lynch and Jason Danely |
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New York, : Berghahn, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-78238-906-7 |
0-85745-779-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 recurso online (280 p.) |
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Collana |
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Life course, culture and aging:global transformations ; ; v. 1 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Aging |
Aging - Social aspects |
Life cycle, Human |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-254) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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section I. Frameworks -- section II. Bodies -- section III. Spatiality and temporality -- section IV. Families -- section V. Economics. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Rapid population aging, once associated with only a select group of modern industrialized nations, has now become a topic of increasing global concern. This volume reframes aging on a global scale by illustrating the multiple ways it is embedded within individual, social, and cultural life courses. It presents a broad range of ethnographic work, introducing a variety of conceptual and methodological approaches to studying life-course transitions in conjunction with broader sociocultural transformations. Through detailed accounts, in such diverse settings as nursing homes in Sri Lanka, a facto |
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