Routledge handbook of cultural gerontology.
Issued Date
Copyright Date
2015
Resource Type
Language
eng
Book
Book
File Type
application/pdf
No. of Pages/File Size
480
ISBN
978036786631
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Abstract
Later years are changing under the impact of demographic, social and cultural shifts. No longer confined to the sphere of social welfare, they are now studied within a wider cultural framework that encompasses new experiences and new modes of being. Drawing on influences from the arts and humanities, and deploying diverse methodologies – visual, literary, spatial – and theoretical perspectives Cultural Gerontology has brought new aspects of later life into view. This major new publication draws together these currents including: Theory and Methods; Embodiment; Identities and Social Relationships; Consumption and Leisure; and Time and Space. Based on specially commissioned chapters by leading international authors, the Routledge Handbook of Cultural Gerontology will provide concise authoritative reviews of the key debates and themes shaping this exciting new field.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements x--
List of illustrations xi--
Author biographies xii--
1 The field of cultural gerontology: an introduction Julia Twigg and Wendy Martin 1 --
SECTION I Theory and methods 17--
2 Theory and methods: introduction 19--
Julia Twigg and Wendy Martin
3 Aged by culture Margaret Morganroth Gullette 21--
4 The cultural turn in gerontology Chris Gilleard and Paul Higgs 29--
5 Beyond the view of the West: ageing and anthropology Sarah Lamb 37--
6 Historians of ageing and the 'cultural turn' 45--
Antje Kampf
7 Literature and ageing 53--
Sarah Falcus
8 Theatre and ageing Miriam Bernard and Lucy Munro 61--
9 Ageing in film Aagje Swinnen69--
10 Popular music and ageing Ros Jennings 77--
11 Art, ageing and the body Michelle Meagher 85--
12 Visual methods in ageing research Wendy Martin 93--
13 Ethnographies of ageing Cathrine Degnen 105--
14 Ageing, narrative and biographical methods Joanna Bornat 113--
SECTION II Embodiment 121--
15 Embodiment: introduction Julia Twigg and Wendy Martin 123 --
16 Theorising embodiment and ageing Emmanuelle Tulle 125--
17 Gender, ageing and appearance Laura Hurd Clarke and Erica V. Bennett 133--
18 Hair and age Richard Ward 141--
19 Dress and age157--
Julia Twigg
20 Science, technology and ageing 149 --
Kelly Joyce, Meika Loe and Lauren Diamond-Brown157--
21 Ageing, risk and the falling body Stephen Katz 165--
22 Dementia and embodiment Pia Kontos 173--
23 Suffering and pain in old age Kate de Medeiros and Helen Black 181--
SECTION III Identities and social relationships 189 --
24 Identities and social relationships: introduction Julia Twigg and Wendy Martin 191--
25 Intersectionality and age Toni Calasanti and Neal King 193--
26 Gender: implications of a contested area Jeff Hearn and Sharon Wray 201--
27 Anti-ageing and identities Barbara L. Marshall 210--
28 Sex, sexuality and later life Linn Sandberg 218--
29 Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ageing 226--
Yiu-tung Suen
30 Grandparenting Sara Arber and Virpi Timonen 234--
31 Widowhood and its cultural representations Anne Martin-Matthews 243--
32 Loneliness and isolation 252--
Christina Victor and Mary Pat Sullivan
33 The fourth age Liz Lloyd 261--
34 Cultures of care Michael Fine 269 --
35 Ethnicity, culture and migration Sandra Torres277--
36 Ageing well across cultures Matthew Carroll and Helen Bartlett285--
SECTION IV 293--
Consumption and leisure 295--
37 Consumption and leisure: introduction Julia Tuigg and Wendy Martin 295--
38 Retirement. Evolution, revolution or retrenchment Sarah Vickerstaff 297--
39 Money and later life 305--
Debora Price and Lynne Livsey
40 Possessions as a material convoy David J. Ekerdt 313--
41 Gardens and gardening in later life Christine Milligan and Amanda Bingley 321--
42 Sport, physical activity and ageing Cassandra Phoenix and Meridith Griffin 329--
43 Travel and tourism in later life Martin Hyde 337--
44 Volunteering in later life Jeni Warburton 345--
45 Youth culture, ageing and identity Andy Bennett 353--
46 Celebrity culture and ageing Kirsty Fairclough-Isaacs 361--
47 Representations of ageing in the media Virpi Ylänne 369 --
48 'Late style' and late-life creativity David Amigoni and Gordon McMullan 377--
SECTION V Time and space 385--
49 Time and space: introduction Julia Tuige and Wendy Martin 387--
50 Global and local ties and the reconstruction of later life 389-- Chris Phillipson
51 Time in late modern ageing Jan Baars 397--
52 Transitions, time and later life Amanda Grenier 404--
53 Rural and urban ageing Ricca Edmondson and Thomas Scharf 412--
54 Lifestyle migration Karen O'Reilly and Michaela Benson 420--
55 Ageing trends in the Asia-Pacific region Alfred C. M. Chan and Carol H.Κ. Μα 428--
56 Connectivity, digital technologies and later life Ian Rees Jones 438--
57 Meanings of home and age Sheila Peace 447--
58 Public places and age Caroline Holland 455--
59 Cemeteries and age Allison Kirkman 463--
Index ix 471--