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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to age in an ageist society? Applying interdisciplinary perspectives about everyday life to vital issues in older people’s lives, this is a critical guide to inform thinking and planning our ageing futures.
Trade Review“This pathbreaking book changes our understandings of contemporary ageing by providing innovative, theoretically-rich analyses of everyday life, meanings and material culture.” Dr Sara Arber, Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender, University of Surrey
Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ Stephen Katz; Part I: Materialities; Things and possessions ~ David J. Ekerdt; Reinventing the nursing home: metaphors that design care ~ Susan Braedley; The ever-breaking wave of everyday life: animating ageing movement-space ~ Gavin J. Andrews and Amanda M. Grenier; What’s exotic about The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel? Cinema, everyday life and the materialization of ageing ~ Sally Chivers; Between ageing and ageism: portrayals of online dating in later life in Canadian print media ~ Julia Rozanova, Mineko Wada and Laura Hurd Clarke; Part II: Embodiments; Closer to touch: sexuality, embodiment and masculinity in older men’s lives ~ Linn J. Sandberg; Ageing bodies, driving and change: exploring older body-driver fit in the high-tech automobile ~ Jessica Gish, Amanda M. Grenier, and Brenda Vrkljan; Dancing with dementia: citizenship, embodiment, and everyday life in the context of long-term care ~ Pia Kontos and Alisa Grigorovich; Why clothes matter: the role of dress in the everyday lives of older people ~ Julia Twigg; Our Fitbits, our (ageing) selves: wearables, self-tracking and ageing embodiment ~ Barbara L. Marshall; Afterword. Relational entanglements: ageing, materialities and embodiments ~ Kim Sawchuk.
