Ways of aging
By: edited by Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein
Contributors: Gubrium, Jaber F; Holstein, James A
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Aging; Older people
Description: Written and edited by social gerontologists, this collection of ten original essays on the aging experience focuses on everyday experiences, and draws from original case studies to look at some diverse ways of growing and being older.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Narratives of forgiveness in old age / Helen K. Black; title: Elderhood in contemporary Lakota society / Joan Weibel-Orlando; title: Claiming identity in a nursing home / Debora A. Paterniti; title: Three childless men's pathways into old age / Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox; title: Constructing community from troubles / Christopher A. Faircloth; title: Family lives of aging Black Americans / Colleen L. Johnson and Barbara M. Barer; title: Aging and change in a religious community / Sarah Matthews; title: Identity careers of older gay men and Lesbians / Dana Rosenfeld; title: Expectations and experiences of widowhood / Deborah Kestin van den Hoonaard; title: Positive aging / Mary Gergen and Kenneth J. Gergen