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. |
Vyhľadávanie v obsahu knihy
Výsledky 1 - 3 z 26.
Strana 36
... engage in physical labor in order to enjoy the fruits of this earth : " Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from ... engaged in toiling the fields or baking bread in the cities ; it was man's duty to do the best he could in his job to ...
... engage in physical labor in order to enjoy the fruits of this earth : " Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from ... engaged in toiling the fields or baking bread in the cities ; it was man's duty to do the best he could in his job to ...
Strana 39
... engage in obligations partly related to one's work ( having one's boss over for dinner ) , the time which is not any of these is discretionary time , time at our disposition , leisure time.29 But this is not to say that discretionary ...
... engage in obligations partly related to one's work ( having one's boss over for dinner ) , the time which is not any of these is discretionary time , time at our disposition , leisure time.29 But this is not to say that discretionary ...
Strana 62
... engaged or did not engage in , and to what extent they provided the impetus for organizing these activities . The center also became the location at which I met many of my subjects and conducted a large number of my interviews ...
... engaged or did not engage in , and to what extent they provided the impetus for organizing these activities . The center also became the location at which I met many of my subjects and conducted a large number of my interviews ...
Iné vydania - Zobraziť všetky
Časté výrazy a frázy
activities activity theory Age and Aging aides American asked attempt became become behavior Bismark Chapter Chicago Press convalescent center coordinator cultural dance do-gooders Dumazedier edited elderly elders engage Erving Goffman ethic examined Free Press friends Georg Simmel Gerontology Godot Grazia Gretchen growing old Grushin Havighurst Herbert Blumer Hidden Valley husband Ibid important individuals interaction Irving Rosow Jean Paul Sartre joiners large number lives look lunch Max Weber meal meaning ment Meyersohn moved Neugarten notion of leisure nurse old age older one's organized P. G. Wodehouse participant observation patients person Phil Pieper poor problems relaxers retired Riesman Robert roles Sebastian de Grazia setting seven skid row Smigel social society sociological sociologist spends symbolic interactionism talk television things told University of Chicago University Press various volunteer waiters waiting Waiting for Godot walk York young