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 16.
Strana 62
... organized bureaucracy . The center offers the elders the possibility to engage in many organized leisure activi- ties , thus enabling me to see what activities the elderly engaged or did not engage in , and to what extent they provided ...
... organized bureaucracy . The center offers the elders the possibility to engage in many organized leisure activi- ties , thus enabling me to see what activities the elderly engaged or did not engage in , and to what extent they provided ...
Strana 94
... organized by others for the benefit of the elderly . The joiners are tireless in their round of social activities ; they appear always clean , smiling , and well - dressed ; they are always busy , coming from somewhere and on their way ...
... organized by others for the benefit of the elderly . The joiners are tireless in their round of social activities ; they appear always clean , smiling , and well - dressed ; they are always busy , coming from somewhere and on their way ...
Strana 180
... organized settings and organizations and engage in solitary pursuits . While people undergo the transition between middle and old age , situational changes will be extremely important in shaping their future . For example , take any of ...
... organized settings and organizations and engage in solitary pursuits . While people undergo the transition between middle and old age , situational changes will be extremely important in shaping their future . For example , take any of ...
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