| Description |
vii, 185 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Rev. ed. of: Social theory and aging. c2006. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-174) and index. |
| Contents |
The relationship of social theory and aging : a critical exegesis -- From galen to the clinic : the birth of biomedicine -- Occidental modernity, the biomedical gaze, and aging -- Theorizing aging : critical explorations of modernist sociological approaches -- Postmodernism, culture, and the aging body -- The "Foucault effect" and aging : relations of power, surveillance and governmentality -- Aging in the "risk society" -- Narrative and aging -- Reconstructions of aging : the case of global aging. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Gerontology -- Philosophy.
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Aging.
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Postmodernism.
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| Added Author |
Chamberlain, John Martyn, 1972-
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Powell, Jason L., 1971-
Social theory and aging.
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| ISBN |
9780739147771 hardcover |
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0739147773 hardcover |
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9780739147788 paperback alkaline paper |
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0739147781 paperback alkaline paper |
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