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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Social gerontology"”.
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Course Content of Sociology of Aging and Social Gerontology Syllabi: Interdisciplinary Relations
… major increase in a segment of the population we socially define and understand as aged. By the year 2030 approximately one in every five Americans will be 65 years or older. Because the concept of age is encompassed in our everyday world of social reality, it is a subject matter for the …
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Voices of selves : the lives of six older lesbians and gay men and their negotiated making of the self
… this thesis rejects the dominant discourses in social gerontology and post-Enlightenment constructs of the self in favour of dialogism which is based upon very different assumptions. This approach facilitates an understanding of the self which is negotiated in dialogue that in turn has specific …
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Sexuality, desire and the ageing female body: An essay
… and scholarship from the emerging field of social gerontology which argues that social constructionist theory has tended to focus almost exclusively on the discursively produced body at the expense of the material body. Finally the thesis investigates representations of ageing female …
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The Personal Goals of Elder Community Volunteers
… of older adults' life satisfaction to their social participation is a central issue in social gerontology. By paying attention to the personal goals that individuals consider important to their life satisfaction, a number of new questions regarding the influence of social participation become …
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Community, connection, caring : towards a Christian feminist practical theology of older women
… These experiences are gathered from the field of social gerontology as well as from new empirical research: semi-structured interviews with 40 churchgoing Methodist and Anglican women in York, aged 65 and over. Data analysis indicates that community, connection, and caring are important and …
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Experiences of Older Undergraduate Students in Higher Education: Constructions of Age and Gender
Normative conceptions of age, as with other social markers such as gender, inform how persons are perceived by self and others. This thesis provides a critical view of ways in which age intersects with gender in the context of higher education in Britain. Located with the backdrop of discourses …
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Active older people participating in creative dance - challenging perceptions
… The research period March 2011 – 2016 includes social/political contexts where financial recession, demographic change and the ageing population require new solutions to meet local and national challenges. The research’s four phases involve new work and research with increasing reflexivity …