{"product_id":"ways-aging-9780631230588","title":"Ways Aging","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Collects ten original essays on the aging experience, written by prominent social gerontologists.  * Highlights diverse ways of growing and being older.  * Offers detailed portraits of a broad range of experiences, including those of the homeless, the retirement community, sexual nonconformists, and the disabled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eWays of Aging\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome antidote to deterministic theories of aging. What a treat to read such wonderfully written ethnographic accounts that both illuminate distinctive social worlds and offer provocative insight into the multiple meanings of aging and old age!’ \u003ci\u003eDavid A. Karp, Professor of Sociology, Boston College\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eWays of Aging\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that environment is key to unraveling the diversity found among the aged. Gubrium and Holstein are unmistakable: aging is a coat of many colors; variety is the order of the day. A close reading of \u003ci\u003eWays of Aging\u003c\/i\u003e will put to rest the very notion that there are ‘norms’ of aging. This book helps us understand how people create the scripts they live by, through narrative accounts.’ \u003ci\u003eJoe Hendricks, Oregon State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond Stereotypes 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Persistence 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Narratives of Forgiveness in Old Age 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen K. Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Elderhood in Contemporary Lakota Society 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoan Weibel-Orlando\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Claiming Identity in a Nursing Home 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDebora A. Patemiti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Adaptation 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Three Childless Men’s Pathways into Old Age 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTanya Koropeckyj-Cox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Constructing Community from Troubles 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher A. Faircloth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Family Lives of Aging Black Americans 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eColleen L. Johnson and Barbara M. Barer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Ill Change 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Aging and Change in a Religious Community 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Matthews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Identity Careers of Older Gay Men and Lesbians 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDana Rosenfeld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Expectations and Experiences of Widowhood 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeborah Kestin van den Hoonaard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Positive Aging 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Gergen and Kenneth J. Gergen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 225\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037251666263,"sku":"9780631230588","price":99.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631230588.jpg?v=1750934994","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ways-aging-9780631230588","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}