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9781442601000

Contesting Aging & Loss

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    9781442601000

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    1442601000

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-09-10
  • Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr Higher education

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Summary

"This volume invites readers to re-imagine the losses of aging by listening to the views of elders themselves. Researchers, students of aging, and policy makers should find this work most enlightening." - Athena McLean, Central Michigan University

Author Biography

Janice E. Graham is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and Director of the Qualitative Research Commons & Studio (QuRCS) in the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Peter H. Stephenson is a Michael Smith Foundation Research Associate at the Centre on Aging, Professor of Anthropology, and Director of the School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, British Columbia.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. vii
Introduction The Experience of Loss and the Range of Contestationp. ix
overview: paradigms and perspectives
Age and Time: Contesting the Paradigm of Loss in the Age of Noveltyp. 3
Local Understanding and Knowledge about Aging - How Seniors See it
Losing and Gaining: About Growing Old ôSuccessfullyö in the Netherlandsp. 27
Empowering Knowledge and Practices of Namaqualand Eldersp. 47
La Buona Vecchiaia: Aging and Well-Being among Italian Canadiansp. 63
Illness, Indignity, and Stigmatization
Drunks, Bums, and Deadbeats? A Biographical Perspective on Gender, Aging, and the Inequalities of Menp. 87
Dignity and Loss: Implications for Seniors' Health in Hospitalization Narrativesp. 103
Embodiments and Disembodiments
Embodied Selfhood: Ethnographic Reflections, Performing Ethnography, and Humanizing Dementia Carep. 125
The Science, Politics, and Everyday Life of Recognizing Effective Treatments for Dementiap. 153
Practices and Policies
ôThemö are ôUsö: Building Appropriate Policies from Fieldwork to Practicep. 177
Appendix: Important Web Resources for Students and Researchersp. 191
Notes on Contributorsp. 195
Indexp. 199
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