Family Practices in Later Life

ISBN-13: 9781847420534 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 176 str.

Pat Chambers; Graham Allan; Chris Phillipson

Opis

There is a lack of gerontological literature on the experience and complexity of living in older families lived experience, family relationships, 'doing' family life, meanings of family life, connectedness, etc. This book contributes to redressing that imbalance. The book explores diversity and change in the family relationships which older people maintain, looking at how family relationships are constructed and organized in later life. It recognizes that the emerging patterns are a consequence of the choices and decisions negotiated within family networks, emphasizing older people's agency in the construction of their family practices. In exploring such themes as long-term marriage, sibling ties in later life, and grandparenthood, the book highlights the continued significance of family connection and solidarity in later life, while recognizing that family relationships are inevitably modified over time as people's social and material circumstances alter.