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Rethinking old age
— theorising the fourth age | | Author(s) | Paul Higgs, Chris Gilleard |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2015 |
| Pages | 172 pp |
| Source | Macmillan Publishers Limited, 4 Crinan Street, London N1 9XW. Website: http://www.palgrave.com/gb/ |
| Keywords | Octogenarians ; Nonagenarians ; Ageing process ; Sociology, Social Science. |
| Annotation | For many people, the aspiration for a long life is now achievable. However, the status of old age as a distinct social position has become problematic. Previous work by the authors has considered the 'third age' as old age. In 'Rethinking old age', they re-examine the nature of old age to reveal the emergence of a 'fourth age' that embodies the most feared and marginalised aspects of old age, conceptually linked to, and yet distinct from, traditional models of old age. They use evidence from sociological, medical and historical research, to offer an analysis of the fourth age that is shaped and maintained by the social, cultural and political discourses and practices that divide later life. Chapters cover these themes as representing the fourth age: the shadow of long-term care; demographic and epidemiological aspects; frailty; abjection; and care and moral identity. Concluding chapters consider bridges and barriers between the third and the fourth age, and how a future for fourth age studies might be fashioned. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160722002 B |
| Classmark | BBM: BBR: BG: S |
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