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9780803981713

Becoming and Being Old

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  • ISBN13:

    9780803981713

  • ISBN10:

    0803981716

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1990-10-03
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

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Summary

In this volume contributors examine the assumptions normally made about the elderly and offer differing sociological perspectives on becoming and being old, and on the concept of age itself. Instead of seeing the elderly in terms of needs, they offer alternative analyses in light of class, gender and race. Examining the life-cycle perspective on old age, they show how retirement from the workforce is only one aspect of becoming old, and arguably one which is important for only a minority of the ageing population.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Becoming Old
Property Rites? An Investigation of Tenure Change in Middle Age
Between Work and Retirement
Becoming 'Old' in the 1980s
Work-Ending
Employment and Ambiguity in Later Life
A Part to Play
Men Experiencing Leisure through Retirement
Being Old
Transitions in Caring
Gender, Life Course and the Care of the Elderly
Poverty, Care and Age
A Case Study
Differentiation in Later Life
Social Class and Housing Tenure Cleavages
The Living Arrangements of the Elderly in Europe in the 1980s
Old Age
Ageing and Old Age
Reflections on the Postmodern Life Course
Does Age Matter? The Case of Old Age in Minority Ethnic Groups
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