TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pickard,Susan
TI  - Age studies: a sociological examination of how we age and are aged through the life course 
SN  - 9781446287378
AV  - HQ1061 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Sage
KW  - Aging
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Research
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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