Transitions and the Lifecourse: Challenging the Constructions of 'Growing Old'

Amanda Grenier

doi:10.46692/9781847426932

Transitions and the Lifecourse

Challenging the Constructions of 'Growing Old'

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Amanda Grenier, University of Toronto

Publisher:: Bristol University Press
Online publication date:: September 2022
Print publication year:: 2012
Online ISBN:: 9781847426932
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.46692/9781847426932

Subjects:: Sociology of Religion, Sociology
Series:: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series

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This book offers a unique perspective on ideas about late life as expressed in social policy and socio-cultural constructs of age with lived experience.

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Challenging the Constructions of 'Growing Old'

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Dedication
pp iii-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

About the author
pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements
pp viii-viii

Foreword
pp ix-x

Part One - The context of growing old
pp 1-2

one - The study of transition in late life
pp 3-18

two - Critical perspectives on ageingand the lifecourse
pp 19-36

three - Multidisciplinary approaches to transition
pp 37-60

four - The intersections of policy, practice and experience
pp 61-78

five - Socio-cultural constructs of late life
pp 79-96

Part Two - Contested models of ageing and late life
pp 97-98

six - Narratives of transition on ageing and late life
pp 99-126

seven - Rethinking transition
pp 127-144

eight - Social location and ‘othered’ constructs of age
pp 145-168

nine - The fourth age: impairment in late life
pp 169-190

ten - Future directions
pp 191-204

References
pp 205-232

Index
pp 233-241

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