| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 159 pages) : illustrations (black and white) ; maps (black and white). |
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text file |
| Series |
New ethnographies
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New ethnographies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Seeking to better understand what it means to grow older in contemporary Britain from the perspective of older people themselves, this richly detailed ethnographic study engages in debates over selfhood and people's relationships with time. Based on research conducted in an English former coal mining village, the book focuses on the everyday experiences of older people living there. It explores how the category of old age comes to be assigned and experienced in daily life through multiple registers of interaction. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Dodworth: people and place -- 3. Endings, pasts and futures: temporal complexities and memory talk -- 4. Monitoring the boundaries of age: intra-generational perspectives on 'old age' -- 5. Reconfiguring normative models of self -- 6. Narrative forms and shapes -- 7. Conclusions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Older people -- England -- Barnsley (South Yorkshire) -- Social conditions.
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Older people. |
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England -- Barnsley (South Yorkshire) |
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Social conditions. |
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Aging -- Social aspects -- England -- Barnsley (South Yorkshire)
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Aging -- Social aspects. |
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Dodworth (Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
1526129884 (electronic book) |
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9781526129888 (electronic book) |
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9781781706244 (electronic book) |
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1781706247 (electronic book) |
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0719083087 |
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9780719083082 |
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