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| Social class structure and identity in later life | | Author(s) | Marvin Formosa |
| Journal title | Research on Ageing and Social Policy, vol 2, no 1, July 2014 |
| Publisher | Hipatia Press, July 2014 |
| Pages | pp 2-27 |
| Source | http://doi.org/10.4471/rasp.2014.01 |
| Keywords | Social class ; Personality ; Qualitative Studies ; Malta. |
| Annotation | The elusive character of social class in ageing studies is discussed. Whilst for many gerontologists social class no longer represents a salient marker of social difference in later life, critical gerontologists continue to stress that it is crucial in determining how people experience retirement and the quality of lives they lead. This article reports on an empirical study on class structures and identities in later life carried out in Malta. Qualitative data highlight three key classes inhabited by older people in Malta, namely, the working class, the middle class, and the dominant class. Results also demonstrate clearly that subjects held distinct class identities, albeit more along 'cultural' lines of distinction rather than economic formations. This article demonstrates that although older peoples no longer spontaneously and unambiguously use the language of class, they do not constitute thoroughly individualised beings who fly completely free from class relations. (OFFPRINT.) (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160826235 A |
| Classmark | T: DK: 3DP: 76W |
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