Cultural Perspectives on Aging : a Different Approach to Old Age and Aging /

Current demographic developments and change due to long life expectancies, low birth rates, changing family structures, and economic and political crises causing migration and flight are having a significant impact on intergenerational relationships, the social welfare system, the job market and wha...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Baro, Hanna (Contribuidor), Casado-Gual, Núria (Contribuidor), Domínguez-Rué, Emma (Contribuidor), Fangerau, Heiner (Contribuidor), Gentry Lamb, Erin (Contribuidor), Hansson, Nils (Contribuidor), Hartung, Heike (Contribuidor), Hülsen-Esch, Andrea von (Contribuidor), H|lsen-Esch, Andrea (Editor ), Kruse, Andreas (Contribuidor), Martin, Susanne (Contribuidor), Meyer, Birgit (Contribuidor), Rolfes, Vasilija (Contribuidor), Schäfer, Daniel (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2021]
Temas:
Aging > Social aspects.
Social gerontology.
Vieillissement > Aspect social.
Gérontologie sociale.
gerontology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Aging > Social aspects
Social gerontology
Cultural gerontology.
ageing.
arts.
dementia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction: Perspectives on Cultural Aging at a Glance
  • Ethics and Ageing
  • Personal Growth, Creativity and Transcendence in Old Age. A Psychological Analysis
  • Historical Considerations on the Ethics of Aging: Examples from the Sixteenth Century
  • Electronic Health and Ambient Assisted Living: On the Technisation of Ageing and Responsibility
  • Towards a New Theory of Ageism
  • Not Your Grandmother's Ageism: Ageism Across the Life Course
  • Confronting Loss when 'Life Changes in the Instant': Ageism and Successful Aging in the 'Case' of Joan Didion
  • The Arts and Old Age
  • Exploring Old Age Through the Theatre: Three British Senior Theatre Companies
  • A Spinster with a Twist: The Amateur Sleuth and Perspectives on Ageing and Gender in the Sunday Philosophy Club Series
  • ± 100: Old Age and New Photography
  • Performing Age(ing): A Lecture Performance
  • Opera for Every Age
  • Opera for People with Dementia
  • About the Authors
  • Index

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