Social Theory, Social Policy and Ageing: A Critical IntroductionOpen University Press, 2003 - 191 pages Presents a critical review of key theoretical developments and issues influencing the study of adult ageing. This book explores trends in social policy, drawing on the experience of ageing in the USA, Europe and an increasingly global environment. Particular attention is given to feminist perspectives on ageing, ethics and bio-medicine. |
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Page 37
... body The question of the body brings the issue of postmodern ageing to crisis point . Rather than being a surface that can be elaborated at the discretion of the individual , as may be the case for younger adults , ageing raises the ...
... body The question of the body brings the issue of postmodern ageing to crisis point . Rather than being a surface that can be elaborated at the discretion of the individual , as may be the case for younger adults , ageing raises the ...
Page 38
... body simultaneously eclipses social and personal experience while itself being ignored by avowedly social understandings of ageing . Strategies for ageing and identity The threats and opportunities that have been identified by modern ...
... body simultaneously eclipses social and personal experience while itself being ignored by avowedly social understandings of ageing . Strategies for ageing and identity The threats and opportunities that have been identified by modern ...
Page 90
... body , which is now seen both as more of a barrier to lifestyle choice and as more malleable . Medical advances that have contributed to a decoupling of bodily , chronological and social - psychological ageing are said to include ...
... body , which is now seen both as more of a barrier to lifestyle choice and as more malleable . Medical advances that have contributed to a decoupling of bodily , chronological and social - psychological ageing are said to include ...
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
Identity and the body | 37 |
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