Ageing selves and everyday life in the north of England : years in the making /

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Seeking to better understand what it means to grow older in contemporary Britain from the perspective of older people themselves, this richly detailed ethnographic study engages in debates over selfhood and people's relationships with time. Based on research conducted in an English former coal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Degnen, Cathrine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2012.
Colección:New ethnographies.
Temas:
Older people > England > Barnsley (South Yorkshire) > Social conditions.
Aging > Social aspects > England > Barnsley (South Yorkshire)
Personnes âgées > Angleterre > Barnsley (South Yorkshire) > Conditions sociales.
Vieillissement > Aspect social > Angleterre > Barnsley (South Yorkshire)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Aging > Social aspects.
Older people > Social conditions.
Dodworth (Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England)
England > Barnsley (South Yorkshire)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Dodworth: people and place
  • 3. Endings, pasts and futures: temporal complexities and memory talk
  • 4. Monitoring the boundaries of age: intra-generational perspectives on 'old age'
  • 5. Reconfiguring normative models of self
  • 6. Narrative forms and shapes
  • 7. Conclusions.

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