Age Studies
eBook - ePub

Age Studies

A Sociological Examination of How We Age and are Aged through the Life Course

  1. 312 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Age Studies

A Sociological Examination of How We Age and are Aged through the Life Course

About this book

"With great rigour, yet an enviable lightness of touch, Susan Pickard has written an engaging and accessible book that students will love."
- Rosaline Gill, City University London

"A scholarly tour de force that brings into focus the various disciplines, histories, literatures and knowledges that have transformed us into modern subjects of age."
- Stephen Katz, Trent University

Age StudiesĀ takes an invigorating approach to the studyĀ of age and ageingĀ in contemporary society.Ā Encompassing ageing throughout the life course, taking in childhood, adolescence, mid-life and older age, and situated explicitly within a sociological disciplinary framework,Ā Age Studies:

  • Explores current social science debates on the study of ageing linking these to core sociological concepts.
  • Links theory and application, using a variety of examples and international case studies
  • Includes chapter summaries, further reading and guided questions.Ā 

AĀ thought-provoking companion to advanced undergraduates and postgraduate student studying ageing, older people, social gerontology and related courses.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. About the Author
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. 1 Age Studies: What is it and why do we need it?
  10. 2 Class Stratification and Age
  11. 3 Gender Studies as a Paradigm for Age Studies
  12. 4 Constructing and Deconstructing Ages and Stages of the Life Course
  13. 5 Identity and Age
  14. 6 Age and Embodiment
  15. 7 Sexuality through the Life Course
  16. 8 Health, Illness and Normality through the Life Course
  17. 9 Representing Ages and Stages
  18. 10 Ages and Generations in Interaction
  19. 11 Telling Our Own Stories: Developing Age Consciousness and Authentic Age Identities
  20. 12 Concluding Thoughts
  21. References
  22. Index