Midlands State University Library

Age studies : a sociological examination of how we age and are aged through the life course /

Pickard, Susan

Age studies : a sociological examination of how we age and are aged through the life course / Susan Pickard. - ix, 298 pages 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: Age Studies: What is it and why do we need it? -- Chapter Two: Class stratification and age -- Chapter Three: Gender Studies as a Paradigm for Age Studies -- Chapter Four: Constructing and deconstructing ages and stages of the life course -- Chapter Five: Identity and age -- Chapter Six: Age and Embodiment -- Chapter Seven: Sexuality through the life course -- Chapter Eight: Health, illness and normality through the life course -- Chapter Nine: Representing Ages and Stages -- Chapter Ten: Ages and Generations in interaction -- Chapter Eleven: Telling our own stories: Developing age consciousness and authentic age identities -- Chapter Twelve: Concluding Thoughts -- References.

Age Studies takes an invigorating approach to the study of age and ageing in contemporary society. Encompassing ageing throughout the life course, taking in childhood, adolescence, mid-life and older age, and situated explicitly within a sociological disciplinary framework. --

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Aging.
Aging--Social aspects.
Aging--Research.

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