Beschreibung:
"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
Chapter 1: Age Studies: What is it and why do we need it?Chapter Two: Class stratification and ageChapter Three: Gender Studies as a Paradigm for Age StudiesChapter Four: Constructing and deconstructing ages and stages of the life courseChapter Five: Identity and ageChapter Six: Age and EmbodimentChapter Seven: Sexuality through the life courseChapter Eight: Health, illness and normality through the life courseChapter Nine: Representing Ages and StagesChapter Ten: Ages and Generations in interactionChapter Eleven: Telling our own stories: Developing age consciousness and authentic age identitiesChapter Twelve: Concluding ThoughtsReferences