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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... leisure . If there has been a notable absence of figures and tables informing us exactly of how many weekly hours of leisure we may expect , what they consist of , and how to cope with them , it was no accident . The point we intended ...
... leisure . If there has been a notable absence of figures and tables informing us exactly of how many weekly hours of leisure we may expect , what they consist of , and how to cope with them , it was no accident . The point we intended ...
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... leisure is free choice of activities . While we heartily agree with de Grazia that to speak of leisure and control of leisure in the same breath is a basic misunderstanding , we do not share de Grazia's strong intel- lectual bias . De ...
... leisure is free choice of activities . While we heartily agree with de Grazia that to speak of leisure and control of leisure in the same breath is a basic misunderstanding , we do not share de Grazia's strong intel- lectual bias . De ...
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... leisure . What now faces us instead is an amorphous notion of leisure . However , we can find a common ground for leisure . Keeping in mind the various factors that influence leisure , such as work , the family , clocked time , etc. , ...
... leisure . What now faces us instead is an amorphous notion of leisure . However , we can find a common ground for leisure . Keeping in mind the various factors that influence leisure , such as work , the family , clocked time , etc. , ...
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