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Seeking to better understand what it means to grow older in contemporary Britain from the perspective of older people themselves, this richly detailed ethnographic study engages in debates over selfhood and people’s relationships with time.

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There is much to be learnt from this in-depth and extensive ethnographic research: about how older people make sense of, and talk about, the situations in which they find themselves in later life. Degnen’s sensitive and thought-provoking ethnography has a moral as well as analytical valency and makes a valuable contribution to this literature. -- .

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1 Introduction 2 Dodworth: people and place 3 Endings, pasts and futures: temporal complexities and memory talk 4 Monitoring the boundaries of age: intra-generational perspectives on ‘old age’ 5 Reconfiguring normative models of self 6 Narrative forms and shapes 7 Conclusions References

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719083082, 978-0719083082
      ISBN10: 0719083087

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Seeking to better understand what it means to grow older in contemporary Britain from the perspective of older people themselves, this richly detailed ethnographic study engages in debates over selfhood and people’s relationships with time.

      Trade Review
      There is much to be learnt from this in-depth and extensive ethnographic research: about how older people make sense of, and talk about, the situations in which they find themselves in later life. Degnen’s sensitive and thought-provoking ethnography has a moral as well as analytical valency and makes a valuable contribution to this literature. -- .

      Table of Contents
      1 Introduction 2 Dodworth: people and place 3 Endings, pasts and futures: temporal complexities and memory talk 4 Monitoring the boundaries of age: intra-generational perspectives on ‘old age’ 5 Reconfiguring normative models of self 6 Narrative forms and shapes 7 Conclusions References

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