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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... speak of aging from birth ignores the difference between growth and decline in life , and it also confuses physiological conditions with social norms and expectations . Although Rosow is right , he over- looks that indeed aging begins ...
... speak of aging from birth ignores the difference between growth and decline in life , and it also confuses physiological conditions with social norms and expectations . Although Rosow is right , he over- looks that indeed aging begins ...
Strana 50
... speak of leisure time is a contradiction in terms , since leisure is a state of mind which cannot be constrained within time boundaries . De Grazia launches an attack on the modern technological United States in the attempt to show how ...
... speak of leisure time is a contradiction in terms , since leisure is a state of mind which cannot be constrained within time boundaries . De Grazia launches an attack on the modern technological United States in the attempt to show how ...
Strana 173
... speak of the beauty of waltzing in a glittering gown ; they do not speak of the sunrise over the Alps which they saw last year ; they do not mention the warmth of people they meet at the club . In- stead , they enumerate the trips taken ...
... speak of the beauty of waltzing in a glittering gown ; they do not speak of the sunrise over the Alps which they saw last year ; they do not mention the warmth of people they meet at the club . In- stead , they enumerate the trips taken ...
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