"An American anthropologist, Jennie Keith . . . went to live for twelve months in a French housing scheme for retired people and as a participant observer conducted a study in community creation. This book, in which she describes and analyses her experience, is a delight. It is scholarly and draws on a wide range of studies of similar residences and other collectives; it is also vivid, funny, sad and entertaining." Marie Borland, "British Journal of Social Work ""
"An American anthropologist, Jennie Keith . . . went to live for twelve months in a French housing scheme for retired people and as a participant obse...
This is the first book in anthropology to provide strategies for the collection of qualitative and comparative data about aging, representing state-of-the-art techniques including cross-cultural and life-cyle studies of aging. Covering ethnic communities in the U.S. as well as other countries, New Methods for Old-Age Research is an indispensable resource and critical guide to research methods for professionals and students of gerontology, anthropology, and the social sciences in general.
This is the first book in anthropology to provide strategies for the collection of qualitative and comparative data about aging, representing state-of...
This is the first book in anthropology to provide strategies for the collection of qualitative and comparative data about aging, representing state-of-the-art techniques including cross-cultural and life-cycle studies of aging. Covering ethnic communities in the United States as well as other countries, this book is an indispensable resource and critical guide to research methods for professionals and students of gerontology, anthropology, and the social sciences in general.
This is the first book in anthropology to provide strategies for the collection of qualitative and comparative data about aging, representing state...
