Gerontology and the Construction of Old Age

ISBN-13: 9780202304502 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 226 str.

Bryan S. R. Green

Opis

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

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Green, Bryan