Ageing selves and everyday life in the North of England : years in the making
Degnen, CathrineAuthor
Seeking to better understand what it means to grow older in contemporary Britain from the perspective of older people themselves, this richly detailed ethnographic study engages in debates over selfhood and people's relationships with time. Based on research conducted in an English former coal mining village, the book focuses on the everyday experiences of older people living there. It explores how the category of old age comes to be assigned and experienced in daily life through multiple registers of interaction.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Seeking to better understand what it means to grow older in contemporary Britain from the perspective of older people themselves, this richly detailed ethnographic study engages in debates over selfhood and people's relationships with time. Based on research conducted in an English former coal mining village, the book focuses on the everyday experiences of older people living there. It explores how the category of old age comes to be assigned and experienced in daily life through multiple registers of interaction.
Description based on print version record.
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 2.Dodworth: people and place -- 3.Endings, pasts and futures: temporal complexities and memory talk -- 4.Monitoring the boundaries of age: intra-generational perspectives on òld age' -- 5.Reconfiguring normative models of self -- 6.Narrative forms and shapes -- 7.Conclusions.
Older people
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences
Gerontology