Bryan Green

Gerontology and the Construction of Old Age

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Although attitudes toward the aged and their care are inherent in any society, gerontology itself is a relatively recent field of study and practice

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9780202362557
• ISBN-10: 0202362558
• Artikelnr.: 25848394

Autorenporträt

Cover Design by Nadine Denten

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Text, Discourse, and Social Reality: A Methodology of Analysis
2: The Foundations of Gerontology
3: The Grammar of Dependence and Care in Gerontology
4: Mechanisms of Field Organization in Gerontology
5: Dispersal and Integration of "The Aged" in Gerontological Discourse
6: Openings and Closings to Critical Reflection in Gerontology