Intersections of Aging : Readings in Social Gerontology

by Markson, Elizabeth W.

• ISBN13: 9781891487064
• ISBN10: 189148706X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Preface	xvi
Acknowledgments	xvii
About the Contributors	xviii
About the Selections	xxiii
Introduction: Perspectives on the Diversity of the Life Course	xxviii
Section I: Cultural Constructions of Later Life
Introduction	1	(5)
Images of Aging	6	(6)
Jay Sokolovsky
Japan's Honorable Elders	12	(17)
James S. O'Leary
`William' and the Old Folks	29	(10)
Mike Hepworth
Old Age as a Time of Decay	39	(13)
Carole Haber
The Sexless Years or Sex Rediscovered	52	(8)
Benjamin Schlesinger
The Age Boom	60	(5)
Jack Rosenthal
The Process of Successful Aging	65	(22)
Margret M. Baltes
Laura L. Carstensen
Section II: Social Contexts of Aging
Introduction	83	(4)
Gender Across Generations	87	(16)
Margaret Hellie Huyck
Pninah Zucker
Cheryl Angellaccio
Definitions of Femininity: Youth to Old Age	103	(10)
Barbara Formaniak Turner
Priyanthi Silva
Narrative Accrual and the Life Course	113	(14)
Marilyn Nouri
Marilyn Helterline
My Mother's Music	127	(6)
Lydia Minatoya
Adaptation of Oldest Old Black Americans	133	(9)
Colleen L. Johnson
History, Race, and Attachment to Place	142	(15)
William J. McAuley
You Can Go Home Again	157	(10)
Joan Weibel-Orlando
Falling Free	167	(9)
Diana Chang
Having Our Say	176	(12)
Sarah Delany
A. Elizabeth Delany
Amy Hearth
Section III: Work, Retirement, and Income Security
Introduction	183	(5)
Incorporating Diversity	188	(15)
Toni M. Calasanti
Labor Force Trends and Aging Policy	203	(3)
William H. Crown
Charles F. Longino, Jr.
Reasonable Accommodation in the Workplace	206	(4)
Lisa A. Hollis-Sawyer
Puerto Rican Obituary	210	(3)
Pedro Pietri
The Unbearable Lightness of Retirement	213	(10)
Joel Savishinsky
Charles Hayes, 76, and Jessie de la Cruz, 74	223	(6)
Studs Terkel
A Lifetime of Work	229	(8)
Katherine R. Allen
Victoria Chin-Sang
Too Little, Too Late	237	(15)
Katkleen McInnis-Dittrich
Section IV: Family, Social Relationships, and Intergenerational Reciprocity
Introduction	247	(5)
Same-Sex and Cross-Sex Relationships	252	(11)
Hiroko Akiyama
Kathryn Elliott
Toni Antonucci
Able Elderly in the Family Context	263	(9)
Gunhild O. Hagestad
Parenting in Later Life	272	(14)
Marcene Goodman
Robert L. Rubinstein
Intergenerational Reciprocity	286	(10)
Susan R. Sherman
The Moths	296	(4)
Helena Maria Viramontes
Research on Grandparenting	300	(8)
Rachel A. Pruchno
Katrina W Johnson
The Influence of Ethnicity and Culture on Caregivers	308	(20)
Maria P. Aranda
Bob G. Knight
A Mother and Daughter	328	(5)
Tish Sommers
Laurie Shields
Gendered Caregiving of Husbands and Sons	333	(12)
Edward H. Thompson, Jr.
Hand-Me-Down People	345	(15)
Jennifer Hand
Patricia Reid
Section V: Health and Illness in Later Life
Introduction	355	(5)
Ageism and Its Impact on Healthy Aging	360	(8)
Lynda D. Grant
Rural Navajo and Anglo Elders Aging Well	368	(7)
Judith Bunnell Sellers
Assessment of Geriatric Patients	375	(6)
Patricia P. Barry
Incipient Dementia: A Victim's Perspective	381	(5)
Morris Friedell
Anticipatory Dementia and Well-being	386	(6)
Lynne Gershenson Hodgson
Stephen J. Cutler
Burdens and Boundaries	392	(10)
Leslie A. Morgan
J. Kevin Eckert
Patrimony	402	(4)
Philip Roth
Psychodynamic Perspective: Physician-Assisted Suicide	406	(9)
Philip R. Muskin
Health Care Struggle Between Young and Old	415	(3)
Daniel Callahan
Healthcare Costs Around the World	418	(12)
Robert H. Binstock
Section VI: Future Directions for Older Americans and for Gerontology
Introduction	27	(403)
Social Security and Aging Baby Boomers	430	(12)
Eric R. Kingson
Aging Population Will Broaden Our Understanding of Medicine	442	(9)
Charles F. Longino, Jr.
New Challenges for Gerontology	451	(14)
Meredith Minkler
Aging in the Twenty-first Century	465
Matilda White Riley