Breaking the watch
Subtitle: the meanings of retirement in America
By: Joel S. Savishinsky.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Retirement -- United States; Retirees -- Recreation -- United States
Description: "This book follows women and men from a rural American community as they approach and experience the first years of retirement. Joel Savishinsky focuses on the efforts people make to find meaning in a stage of life American culture often views in a confused or disdainful way."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-277) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the poignancy and poetry of the everyday; title: A first cup : at the firehouse : the unbearable lightness of retirement : ritual and support at the end of work; title: A second cup : life is what happens; title: Zen masters and master planners : how people prepare for later life; title: A third cup : how do you catalog this?; title: At work, at home, at large : the sense of person and place; title: A fourth cup : behind the mirror; title: Looking for the light : the search for passion and purpose in maturity; title: A fifth cup : around the lake : the kaleidoscope and the conspirators : kinship, friendship, and meaning among elders; title: A sixth cup : the incompleat fatalist; title: Death and taxes : dealing with health, finances, and fate in retirement; title: Conclusions : lessons and cautions : a final cup : the broken watch.