Sociology of aging and death / / Jason Powell
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| Autore: |
Powell Jason
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| Titolo: |
Sociology of aging and death / / Jason Powell
|
| Pubblicazione: | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| ©2022 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (169 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 016.155234 |
| Soggetto topico: | Aging - Social aspects |
| Cross-cultural studies | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: What Is Aging? -- 1.1 Populational Aging -- 1.2 The Biomedical Model: Biological and Psychological Aging-Science of Aging? -- 1.3 The Dark Side of Biomedical Assumptions: A Critical Analysis -- 1.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Social Constructions of Aging: Theoretical Excursions -- 2.1 The Gaze of Functionalist Gerontology -- 2.2 Disengagement Theory -- 2.3 Activity Theory -- 2.4 Political Economy of Old Age -- 2.5 Feminist Interpretations of Aging and Gender -- 2.6 "Race" and Aging -- 2.7 Sexuality and Aging -- References -- Chapter 3: Risk and Aging -- 3.1 Risk, Work, and Pensions: A Recalibration -- 3.2 Population Aging and Risk -- 3.3 Extending Working Lives -- 3.4 Conclusion: Aging, Welfare, and Risk-Lessons for Critical Understanding -- References -- Chapter 4: Postmodern Sociology and Aging -- 4.1 The Development of Postmodern Social Theory -- 4.2 Theorizing the Aging Body -- 4.3 Popular Culture and the Aging Body -- 4.4 The Gendered Aging Body -- 4.5 Biotechnology and the Body: Reinventing Aging? -- 4.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: The Management of Aging in the Dark Side of Modernity -- 5.1 Problematizing Aging -- 5.2 Why Foucault? -- 5.3 The "Gaze" of Medical Power -- 5.4 "Surveillance" and the "Mixed Economy of Welfare" -- 5.5 Normalization and the Probe of Assessment -- 5.6 Resisting Domination? -- 5.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: "It Could Happen to Me": Victimization and Aging -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Connecting "Old Age," Victimology, and Crime -- 6.3 Victimization and Old Age: An Overview of the Literature -- References -- Chapter 7: Elder Abuse and Aging -- 7.1 What Is Elder Abuse? -- 7.2 The Modern "Discovery" of Elder Abuse -- 7.3 Foucault and Relevance to Elder Abuse -- 7.4 Care Management -- 7.5 Panopticism -- 7.6 Conclusion. |
| References -- Chapter 8: Aging in an Era of COVID-19 -- 8.1 Contextual Backdrop -- 8.2 COVID-19: Biomedicine, Mental Health, and Aging-Toward a Foucauldian Analysis -- 8.3 Declining to Decline: Active Aging? -- 8.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Death, Culture, and Aging -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Understanding Michel Foucault -- 9.3 Archaeology and Death -- 9.4 Genealogy and Death -- 9.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Rethinking Aging: Toward Trust Relations? -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Health and Life Chances in the UK: Contextual Backdrop -- 10.3 Navigating Trust in Health Management with Users -- 10.3.1 Individuals, Organizations, Policies on, and Systems -- 10.4 Implications of Trust in Policies on Health -- 10.5 Linking Health with Trust and Governmentality -- References -- Chapter 11: Concluding Comments: Looking Forward -- 11.1 Demographics, Poverty, and Agism -- 11.2 The Foucauldian Analytical Framework of Governmentality -- 11.3 Policy Constructs -- 11.4 Integrating Health and Social Services: Policy and Older People -- References -- References -- Index. | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Sociology of Aging and Death |
| ISBN: | 9783031193293 |
| 9783031193286 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910632474803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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International Perspectives on Aging