The Last Frontier: The Social Meaning of Growing OldSAGE Publications, 1977 - 215 strán (strany) How do the elderly manage to give meaning to their daily lives? Fontana has spent three years watching and talking to an enormous variety of old people: those who can afford to "grow old gracefully", the elderly poor who scrape by in urban ghettos, and those who age behind the walls of nursing homes. He lets them speak for themselves, and what they say is often surprising: it destroys many of our most cherished assumptions about aging. This book provides fundamental insights into ways to age with dignity and sense. -- Publisher description. |
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... American society brought about serious consequences for the elderly.23 It largely eliminated the opportunities of employ- ment for the elders because the rapid technological change made their knowledge obsolete.24 At the same time our ...
... American society brought about serious consequences for the elderly.23 It largely eliminated the opportunities of employ- ment for the elders because the rapid technological change made their knowledge obsolete.24 At the same time our ...
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... American culture is visible when one notices that the do - gooders and the joiners genuflect to the golden god of activity , and that the relaxers and the waiters tend to equate becoming old with passive be- havior . Relaxers and ...
... American culture is visible when one notices that the do - gooders and the joiners genuflect to the golden god of activity , and that the relaxers and the waiters tend to equate becoming old with passive be- havior . Relaxers and ...
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... America . Englewood Cliffs , N.J .: Prentice - Hall , 1971 . Berger , Peter , A Rumor of Angels . Garden City , N.Y .: Anchor , 1969 . Blau , Zena Smith , " Changes in Status and Age Identification , " American Sociologi- cal Review 21 ...
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