Ways of Aging [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Gubrium Jaber F
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| Titolo: |
Ways of Aging [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.26 |
| Soggetto topico: | Aging |
| Older people | |
| Social Science | |
| Aged | |
| Bereavement | |
| Adaptation, Psychological | |
| Loneliness | |
| Social Isolation | |
| Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms | |
| Adult | |
| Emotions | |
| Growth and Development | |
| Physiological Processes | |
| Age Groups | |
| Sociology | |
| Psychiatry and Psychology | |
| Social Sciences | |
| Persons | |
| Physiological Phenomena | |
| Phenomena and Processes | |
| Named Groups | |
| Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena | |
| Gerontology | |
| Social Welfare & Social Work | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
HolsteinJames A
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Ways of Aging; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Beyond Stereotypes; Part I Persistence; 1 Narratives of Forgiveness in Old Age; 2 Elderhood in Contemporary Lakota Society; 3 Claiming Identity in a Nursing Home; Part II Adaptation; 4 Three Childless Men's Pathways into Old Age; 5 Constructing Community from Troubles; 6 Family Lives of Aging Black Americans; Part Ill Change; 7 Aging and Change in a Religious Community; 8 Identity Careers of Older Gay Men and Lesbians; 9 Expectations and Experiences of Widowhood; Epilogue; Index; |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Written and edited by social gerontologists, and focusing on everyday experiences, these essays draw from original case studies to look at the diverse ways of growing and being older.:.; Collects ten original essays on the aging experience, written by prominent social gerontologists.; Highlights diverse ways of growing and being older.; Offers detailed portraits of a broad range of experiences, including those of the homeless, the retirement community, sexual nonconformists, and the disabled.; Addresses stereotypes of the aging process and provides diverse examples of individual experiences. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ways of Aging |
| ISBN: | 1-281-32062-5 |
| 9786611320621 | |
| 0-470-70532-9 | |
| 0-470-75615-2 | |
| 0-470-75549-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910144140003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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