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Aging and the Life Course

Social and Cultural Contexts
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Aging & the Life Course: Social & Cultural Contexts provides an accessible, up-to-date introduction to the study of aging and the life course from a distinctly sociological perspective. It explores the sociocultural dimensions of aging while encouraging critical thinking about the diversity of aging experiences, societal attitudes toward older adults the politics and economics of growing old, and end-of-life resources. Throughout, the text emphasizes the relevance of the material for working with older populations, understanding social policy and policy debates, improving communities, relating to others, and understanding ourselves.
Deborah Lowry is associate professor of sociology in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Montevallo. She was an NIH (National Institutes of Health) post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan's Population Studies Center. She has authored or co-authored several publications in journals such as Teaching Sociology, Population Research and Policy and The Journal of Family Studies, a chapter in Otherhood: Feminist Perspectives on Voluntary and Involuntary Childlessness, and a chapter in Social Problems in Action (forthcoming).
Section I: Foundational Concepts Chapter 1: Global Contexts of Aging: A Sociological Perspective Chapter 2: Sociological Imagination and the Life Course Chapter 3: The Social Construction of Age, Aging, and Life Stages Section II: Experiences of Later-Life Chapter 4: Sociocultural Contexts of Ageism Chapter 5: Sociocultural Contexts of Later-Life Health & Well-Being Chapter 6: Later-Life Differences & Inequalities: At the Intersections Section III: Contemporary Conditions of Aging Chapter 7: Work and the Sociology of Retirement Chapter 8: Social Connection, Marriage, and Intimacy in Later Life Chapter 9: Later-Life Families, Caregiving, & Intergenerational Exchanges Section IV: Aging and Social Change Chapter 10: Generations, Conflict, and Societal Change Chapter 11: Aging, Place, and Built Environments Chapter 12: End-of-Life and the Future of Aging
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