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Aging in a foreign country
— voices of Iranian women aging in Canada | | Author(s) | Farimah Shakeri Shemirani, Deborah L O'Connor |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 18, no 2, 2006 |
| Pages | pp 73-90 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Refugees ; Immigrants ; Iran ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | In-depth, personal and semi-structured interviews were conducted with five immigrant / refugee Iranian women who emigrated to Canada in late adulthood, in order to better understand their experiences. Analysis revealed that although each woman's story conveyed individual differences and idiosyncrasies, all the stories highlighted the critical interweaving of the ageing and immigration experiences. Neither experience could be understood in isolation from the other: each aspect gave meaning to the other. Two inter-related messages dominated the women's stories. First was the importance of each woman's immigration story for grounding her experience of the ageing process in Canada. Second, each woman's personal story suggested that the immigration experiences were accorded priority for accounting for her experience of the ageing process in Canada. Specifically, cultural identity (i.e. social class, education, religious affiliation and immigration status) offered a valuable cloak for overshadowing the force of the ageing process, and the ageing process emerged as an elusive force that lurked in the background without ever being fully acknowledged or given power in their lives. The implications of these findings in relation to theory development on intersectionality and professional practice are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070105007 A |
| Classmark | BD: TIA: TJ: 7FL: DP: 3F: 7S |
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