The Ages of Life
：Living and Aging in Conflict?
( Aging Studies )
Publication subTitle ：Living and Aging in Conflict?
Publication series ：Aging Studies
Author： Kriebernegg Ulla;Maierhofer Roberta
Publisher： transcript-Verlag
Publication year： 2014
E-ISBN: 9783839422120
Subject： C913.6 in the elderly;
Keyword： 文化理论,社会科学理论与方法论,文学评论、文学欣赏,文学
Language： ENG
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Description
The binary construction of »young« and »old«, which is based on a biogerontological model of aging as decline, can be redefined as the ambiguity of aging from a cultural studies perspective. This concept enables an analysis of the social functions of images of aging with the aim of providing a basis for interdisciplinary exchange on gerontological research. The articles in this publication conceive the relationship between living and aging as a productive antagonism which focuses on the interplay between continuity and change as a marker of life course identity: aging and growing older are processes which cannot be reduced to the chronology of years but which are shaped by the individual's interaction with the changing circumstances of life.
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