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Beschreibung
To older adults, a sense of control over relationships, structures and surroundings is key to living a meaningful life according to their own judgments. Through ninety-four ethnographic case studies of community dwelling older adults in Europe before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, this book provides insight into their lifeworlds in a historically situated and socio-culturally contextualized way. It highlights the importance of agency, friction between self-perceptions on age and outside impositions and the need to deconstruct old age as a homogenizing category of belonging.
To older adults, a sense of control over relationships, structures and surroundings is key to living a meaningful life according to their own judgments. Through ninety-four ethnographic case studies of community dwelling older adults in Europe before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, this book provides insight into their lifeworlds in a historically situated and socio-culturally contextualized way. It highlights the importance of agency, friction between self-perceptions on age and outside impositions and the need to deconstruct old age as a homogenizing category of belonging.
Über den Autor

A. Jamie Saris is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Maynooth University. He has been working for more than twenty-five years in medical and psychological anthropology in field sites in Ireland, North America, Continental Europe and parts of Africa. He is a founding member and part of the Executive Committee of the Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute at Maynooth University.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781805399513
ISBN-10: 1805399519
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Seidel, Katja
Prendergast, David
Saris, A. Jamie
Hersteller: Berghahn Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 235 x 157 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Katja Seidel (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2025
Gewicht: 0,448 kg
Artikel-ID: 130250626

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