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Old Age: Constructions and Deconstructions (Themes in the Social Sciences) (Paperback)
$30.99 - Save $0.80 (2%) - RRP $31.79 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Old AgeFocuses on the reality of the experience of old age.
Full description- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 28 April 1994
- Format: Paperback 140 pages
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- Categories: Age Groups: The Elderly | Sociology | Anthropology | Social & Cultural Anthropology
- ISBN 13: 9780521447485 ISBN 10: 0521447488
- Sales rank: 1,111,894
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Full description for Old Age
Haim Hazan is a leading specialist on old age in anthropology, and has published several books on particular communities of old people. The latest book is an essay on the realities of old age, as it is experienced, as opposed to the ideas about the old current in western societies. It argues that the construction of this world by outsiders is inevitably affected by deeply ingrained social attitudes and structures, such as the spatial segregation of the aged as a population, and the fear of death with which they are associated. By approaching the subject from the social constructionist perspective, and by drawing on a variety of detailed ethnographic accounts, the author describes a unique and nuanced social world. This is a sophisticated and original book, which should have a significant impact on a field still dominated by a 'social problems' approach.
