Global Perspectives on Aging – serie
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23 produkter
Aging and Loss
Mourning and Maturity in Contemporary Japan
Av Jason Danely
Inbunden, 2015
1314 kr
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Successful Aging As a Contemporary Obsession
Global Perspectives
Av Sarah Lamb
Häftad, 2017
529 kr
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In recent decades, the North American public has pursued an inspirational vision of successful aging—striving through medical technique and individual effort to eradicate the declines, vulnerabilities, and dependencies previously commonly associated with old age. On the face of it, this bold new …
Transnational Aging and Reconfigurations of Kin Work
Av Parin Dossa, Cati Coe
Häftad, 2017
457 kr
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Transnational Aging and Reconfigurations of Kin Work documents the social and material contributions of older persons to their families in settings shaped by migration, their everyday lives in domestic and community spaces, and in the context of intergenerational relationships and diasporas. Much …
Transnational Aging and Reconfigurations of Kin Work
Av Parin Dossa, Cati Coe
Inbunden, 2017
1752 kr
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Transnational Aging and Reconfigurations of Kin Work documents the social and material contributions of older persons to their families in settings shaped by migration, their everyday lives in domestic and community spaces, and in the context of intergenerational relationships and diasporas. Much …
Ending Ageism, or How not to Shoot Old People
Av Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Häftad, 2017
398 kr
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Winner of the MLA Prize for Independent Scholars and the APA's Florence L. Denmark Award for Contributions to Women and AgingWhen the term "ageism" was coined in 1969, many problems of exclusion seemed resolved by government programs like Social Security and Medicare. As people live longer lives, …
Gray Matters
Finding Meaning in the Stories of Later Life
Av Ellyn Lem
Häftad, 2020
400 kr
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Winner of the 2021 Excellence in Research and Scholarly Activity Award from the University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeFinalist for the 2021 American Book Fest Best Book Awards Aging is one of the most compelling issues today, with record numbers of seniors over sixty-five worldwide. Gray Matters: …
Embracing Age
How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well
Häftad, 2021
372 kr
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Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well examines a community of individuals whose aging trajectories contrast mainstream American experiences. In mainstream American society, aging is presented as a “problem,” a state to be avoided as long as possible, a state that threatens …
Aspiring in Later Life
Movements Across Time, Space, and Generations
Av Megha Amrith, Victoria K. Sakti m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
414 kr
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In our highly interconnected and globalized world, people often pursue their aspirations in multiple places. Yet in public and scholarly debates, aspirations are often seen as the realm of younger, mobile generations, since they are assumed to hold the greatest potential for shaping the future. …
Aspiring in Later Life
Movements Across Time, Space, and Generations
Av Megha Amrith, Victoria K. Sakti m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
1749 kr
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In our highly interconnected and globalized world, people often pursue their aspirations in multiple places. Yet in public and scholarly debates, aspirations are often seen as the realm of younger, mobile generations, since they are assumed to hold the greatest potential for shaping the future. …
Dancing for Their Lives
The Pursuit of Meaningful Aging in Urban China
Häftad, 2025
340 kr
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Dancing for Their Lives explores the vibrant world of retired Chinese women known as "dancing grannies” who seek fulfillment and companionship amidst societal upheaval. These women, part of China’s “lost generation,” gather in parks and public squares to reclaim their lives through dance in the …
Dancing for Their Lives
The Pursuit of Meaningful Aging in Urban China
Inbunden, 2025
1398 kr
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Dancing for Their Lives explores the vibrant world of retired Chinese women known as "dancing grannies” who seek fulfillment and companionship amidst societal upheaval. These women, part of China’s “lost generation,” gather in parks and public squares to reclaim their lives through dance in the …
God's Waiting Room
Racial Reckoning at Life's End
Häftad, 2024
365 kr
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Can older racists change their tune, or will they haunt us further once they're gone? Rich in mystery and life's lessons, God's Waiting Room considers what matters in the end for older white adults and the younger Black nurses who care for them. An innovation in creative nonfiction, Casey …
God's Waiting Room
Racial Reckoning at Life's End
Inbunden, 2024
1620 kr
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Can older racists change their tune, or will they haunt us further once they're gone? Rich in mystery and life's lessons, God's Waiting Room considers what matters in the end for older white adults and the younger Black nurses who care for them. An innovation in creative nonfiction, Casey …
More-than-Human Aging
Animals, Robots, and Care in Later Life
Av Cristina Douglas, Andrew Whitehouse
Häftad, 2024
456 kr
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What does later life look like when it is lived in the companionship of other species? Similarly, how do other species age (or not) with humans, and what sort of (a)symmetries, if any, are brought to light around how we understand and think about aging? So far, aging has been investigated in the …
More-than-Human Aging
Animals, Robots, and Care in Later Life
Av Cristina Douglas, Andrew Whitehouse
Inbunden, 2024
1414 kr
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What does later life look like when it is lived in the companionship of other species? Similarly, how do other species age (or not) with humans, and what sort of (a)symmetries, if any, are brought to light around how we understand and think about aging? So far, aging has been investigated in the …
View from Life's Edge
Discovering What Really Matters with Older Women Across the Globe
Häftad, 2025
330 kr
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In conversation with ninety-one women over the age of eighty in California, northern Iceland, south India, and among Sisters of St. Joseph in western New York, A View from Life’s Edge explores how, in the face of death, a sense of what really matters can clarify. Here we find a loosening of …
View from Life's Edge
Discovering What Really Matters with Older Women Across the Globe
Inbunden, 2025
1470 kr
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In conversation with ninety-one women over the age of eighty in California, northern Iceland, south India, and among Sisters of St. Joseph in western New York, A View from Life’s Edge explores how, in the face of death, a sense of what really matters can clarify. Here we find a loosening of …
Growing Old on the Margins
Abandonment, Care, Death, Intimacy, and Possibility in Lima, Peru
Av Magdalena Zegarra Chiappori
Häftad, 2027
418 kr
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Growing Old on the Margins is a moving portrait of aging at the edge of social life. Set in a state-run shelter for older adults in urban Lima, Peru, the book traces the everyday lives of men and women who have been left behind by family, institutions, and the promises of care. Based on more than …
Growing Old on the Margins
Abandonment, Care, Death, Intimacy, and Possibility in Lima, Peru
Av Magdalena Zegarra Chiappori
Inbunden, 2027
1355 kr
Kommande
Growing Old on the Margins is a moving portrait of aging at the edge of social life. Set in a state-run shelter for older adults in urban Lima, Peru, the book traces the everyday lives of men and women who have been left behind by family, institutions, and the promises of care. Based on more than …
When Death Is on the Horizon
Temporality, Finitude, and Care Toward Life's End
Av Annemarie Samuels, Merav Shohet m. fl.
Häftad, 2027
348 kr
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The urge to engage with finitude is increasingly central in our present apocalyptic time of political and ecological turmoil. Aging populations and the rapid development of advanced, but expensive, technologies to ever further postpone death pose significant healthcare challenges for societies …
When Death Is on the Horizon
Temporality, Finitude, and Care Toward Life's End
Av Annemarie Samuels, Merav Shohet m. fl.
Inbunden, 2027
1417 kr
Kommande
The urge to engage with finitude is increasingly central in our present apocalyptic time of political and ecological turmoil. Aging populations and the rapid development of advanced, but expensive, technologies to ever further postpone death pose significant healthcare challenges for societies …
Ending Ageism, or How not to Shoot Old People
Av Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Inbunden, 2017
1804 kr
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Winner of the MLA Prize for Independent Scholars and the APA's Florence L. Denmark Award for Contributions to Women and AgingWhen the term "ageism" was coined in 1969, many problems of exclusion seemed resolved by government programs like Social Security and Medicare. As people live longer lives, …
Embracing Age
How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well
Inbunden, 2021
1695 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well examines a community of individuals whose aging trajectories contrast mainstream American experiences. In mainstream American society, aging is presented as a “problem,” a state to be avoided as long as possible, a state that threatens …
