Chapter
Chapter 3 “MAKING IT UP AS YOU GO ALONG”: A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF AGING WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
WHY FOCUS ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE?
MAKING IT UP AS YOU GO ALONG… HOW IT ALL STARTED FOR ME
NOT KNOWING WHEN ‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’
BEGINNING TO COME TO TERMS WITH AGING
Chapter 4 THE ABSENCE OF ADAM: PROSTATE CANCER AND MALE IDENTITY
1. THE RISE OF MEDICAL INTERVENTION AND KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION OF PROSTATE CANCER
SHIFTING MEANINGS OF ‘AGING SEXUALITY’
2. EMBODYING AND CONSTRUCTING MALE IDENTITY
TRANSGRESSING NORMATIVE MASCULINITY
Chapter 5 SOCIAL IMAGERY, AGING, AND THE LIFE COURSE: A POSTMODERN ASSESSMENT
LIFE COURSE AND HOLISM: PROBLEMS WITH LINEARITY
POSTMODERNISM AND THE OLD METAPHYSICS
NEW IMAGERY AND A BETTER HOLISM
Chapter 6 AGE, SEXUALITY AND THE SPORTING BODY: AN AUTOETHNOGRAPY OF SLIPPING AROUND AND THROUGH A STATE OF ‘BEING HEALTHY WITHOUT FEELING HEALTHY’
RUNNING IS GLOBAL FOR WOMEN
CONNECTING THE PERSONAL TO THE CULTURAL: AUTOETHNOGRAPHY
THE POST MENOPAUSAL LESBIAN BODY: AN OUT OF DATE COMMODITY?
DIETING REGIMES AS DISTORTING ‘NORMAL’ TECHNOLOGIES OF THE ‘LESBIAN’ SELF
CONCLUSION: FINDING MY OLD, NOMADIC LESBIAN BODY IN A ‘ZONE OF HIGH TURBULENCE’
Chapter 7 'NOT OLD' AND 'OLD': POSTMODERN IDENTITIES IN A NEW LIFESTAGE
WEAKNESSES IN THE MODERNIST PARADIGM
POSTMODERNISM AND IDENTITY
'Not Old' as an Overarching Identity
Group Identities in Later Life
Chapter 8 CONSTRUCTING IDENTITIES: POSTMODERNISM, PRAGMATISM AND A THIRD WAY?
IDENTITY, PRAGMATISM AND POSTMODERNISM
SLEEP, OLDER MEN AND IDENTITY
Chapter 9 CLOTHING, IDENTITY AND THE EMBODIMENT OF AGE
CONSUMPTION CULTURE AND THE RECONFIGURATION OF OLD AGE
Chapter 10 REDEFINING AGING AND IDENTITY: REINVENTION THROUGH EDUCATION AS A POSTMODERN DYNAMIC
AGING STUDENT BODY AS A CHALLENGE TO HIGHER EDUCATION
REINVENTION FUELED BY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES AND RESULTING PSYCHOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES
RESTRICTIONS OF THE LANGUAGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Aging Identity: A Dialogue with Postmodernism
Disclaimer: Any content in publications that violate the sovereignty, the constitution or regulations of the PRC is not accepted or approved by CNPIEC.