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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... feel uneasy about our newly acquired opulence . We feel guilty about doing nothing . We have all become , in Berger's words , " compromised Greek citi- zens carrying the burden of compromised Protestant ethics . " 8 1 The notion of work ...
... feel uneasy about our newly acquired opulence . We feel guilty about doing nothing . We have all become , in Berger's words , " compromised Greek citi- zens carrying the burden of compromised Protestant ethics . " 8 1 The notion of work ...
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... feel old : " I really don't , I feel so enthusiastic with what I'm doing . . . . Those times when I stopped and thought . . . gee . . . you're really getting old , it was at those times when I didn't have an interest , I was bored ...
... feel old : " I really don't , I feel so enthusiastic with what I'm doing . . . . Those times when I stopped and thought . . . gee . . . you're really getting old , it was at those times when I didn't have an interest , I was bored ...
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... feel old and thinks that the others become old because " they feel sorry for themselves . A person should never feel sorry for himself . " Sam plays shuffleboard from time to time , but he really enjoys coming to the center and seeing ...
... feel old and thinks that the others become old because " they feel sorry for themselves . A person should never feel sorry for himself . " Sam plays shuffleboard from time to time , but he really enjoys coming to the center and seeing ...
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