Age and Identity : Remembering in Later Life

by Joanna Bornat

• ISBN13: 9781403935632
• ISBN10: 1403935637
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2011-08-02
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Drawing on research and writing in oral history, biographical work and critical gerontology, this book explores the social dimensions of remembering and narrating in later life. The book is packed with examples that focus on issues confronting older people and those working with them. This is key reading for all those studying sociology of old age.

Author Biography

JOANNA BORNAT is Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Welfare at The Open University. She is joint editor of Oral History and has published widely in the area of oral history, reminiscence and gerontology.

Table of Contents

Introduction * Perspectives on Remembering * Processes of Remembering * Interpreting Lives *
Remembering as the Politics of Liberation * Stereotypes of Lives * Representing Late Life *
Remembering and Composure * Conclusion

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