Trying to be someone you can never be again: retirement as a signifier of old age

E-ISSN： 1469-1779|37|5|985-1005

ISSN： 0144-686x

Source： Ageing and Society, Vol.37, Iss.5, 2017-05, pp. : 985-1005

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