Aspiring in Later Life : Movements Across Time, Space, and Generations |
Autore | Amrith Megha |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (205 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.26 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SaktiVictoria K
SampaioDora LuncaDumitrita JohnsonLisa AlberErdmute CoeCati Kaur GillHarmandeep OtaeguiAlfonso PauliJulia |
Collana | Global Perspectives on Aging Series |
Soggetto topico |
Older people
Older immigrants Older people - Social life and customs Older people - Psychology Hope Desire |
Soggetto non controllato | aging, goal, aspirations, anthropology, sociology, mobility, retirement, legacy |
ISBN | 1-9788-3043-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : aspiring in later life : movements across time, space, and generations / Megha Amrith, Victoria K. Sakti, and Dora Sampaio -- Growing old hand in hand : aspirations of romantic love in later life among Romanian transmigrants in Rome / Dumitrița Luncă -- Letting go and looking ahead : the aspirations of middle-aged migrant domestic workers in Singapore and Hong Kong / Megha Amrith -- Aspirational movements : later life mobility as a female resource to age well / Lisa Johnson -- Aspiring to retire : intergenerational care in a Ghanaian transnational family / Cati Coe -- Between aging parents there and young children here : the aspirations of late-middle-aged Peruvian migrants in Santiago as a transnational sandwich generation / Alfonso Otaegui -- Whose aspirations? Intergenerational expectations and hopes in eastern Uganda / Susan Reynolds Whyte -- Before it ends : aging, gender, and migration in a transnational Mexican community / Julia Pauli -- Disrupted futures : the shifting aspirations of older Cameroonians living in displacement / Nele Wolter -- "Setting off from the mountain pass:" facing death and preparing for the journey ahead in Tibetan exile / Harmandeep Kaur Gill. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996552347703316 |
Amrith Megha | ||
Chicago : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2023 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Personhood, identity and care in advanced old age / / Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Higgs Paul |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : , : Policy Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 178 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 305.26 |
Soggetto topico |
Aging - Social aspects
Older people - Care Older people - Social conditions Older people - Social life and customs |
ISBN |
1-4473-1909-5
1-4473-1908-7 1-4473-1907-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Old age and the fourth age paradigm -- Interrogating personhood -- Agency, identity and personhood in the social sciences -- Frailty -- Understanding abjection -- The moral imperative of care -- Care work -- Care without limits -- Conclusion -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910149570703321 |
Higgs Paul | ||
Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : , : Policy Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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