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| The sociology of the postmodern self: intimacy, identity and emotions in adult life | | Author(s) | A Riggs, B S Turner |
| Journal title | Australian Journal on Ageing, vol 16, no 4, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp 229-232 |
| Keywords | Emotions ; Attitude ; Adjustment ; Personal relationships ; Sociology, Social Science ; Australia. |
| Annotation | This paper reports findings from a research project on intimacy and emotional satisfaction in the ageing process. The principal theoretical guidelines were taken from Anthony Giddens' work on the transformation of intimacy in modern society. In-depth interviews were conducted with 51 participants aged between 55 and 90 years. The data from the interviews did not in general support the notion that people experience `ontological insecurity' in the life course with respect to significant changes in identity. In everyday life, there was little evidence of widespread self reflexivity which in Gidden's theory is the hallmark of high modernity. There was a general attitude of pragmatic accommodation to the vicissitudes of ordinary life events. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980625251 A |
| Classmark | DL: DP: DR: DS: S: 7YA |
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