Transitions and the Lifecourse
Challenging the Constructions of 'Growing Old'
Distributed for Policy Press at the University of Bristol
241 pages
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6 3/4 x 9 1/2
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© 2012
Transitions and the Lifecourse investigates and challenges dominant interpretations of transitions in late life. Amanda Grenier takes a cross-national and interdisciplinary comparative approach to the topic of aging and the life course, yielding a fresh perspective on these transitions as well as considering some innovative strategies for addressing concerns related to them. Scholars and students interested in social gerontology, policy studies in health and social care, and older people’s accounts of lived experience will find this book to be a stimulating read.
Contents
About the author
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Judith Phillips
Part One: The context of growing old
1. The study of transition in late life
2. Critical perspectives on ageing and the lifecourse
3. Multidisciplinary approaches to transition
4. The intersections of policy, practice and experience
5. Socio-cultural constructs of late life
Part Two: Contested models of ageing and late life
6. Narratives of transition on ageing and late life
7. Rethinking transition
8. Social location and 'othered' constructs of age
9. The fourth age: impairment in late life
10. Future directions
References
Index
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Judith Phillips
Part One: The context of growing old
1. The study of transition in late life
2. Critical perspectives on ageing and the lifecourse
3. Multidisciplinary approaches to transition
4. The intersections of policy, practice and experience
5. Socio-cultural constructs of late life
Part Two: Contested models of ageing and late life
6. Narratives of transition on ageing and late life
7. Rethinking transition
8. Social location and 'othered' constructs of age
9. The fourth age: impairment in late life
10. Future directions
References
Index
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