Alive and Kicking at All Ages: Cultural Constructions of Health and Life Course Identity by Ulla Kriebernegg, Roberta Maierhofer, Barbara Ratzenbock (Paperback, 2014)
The linking of age and ill-health is part of a cultural narrative of decline as age is often defined as the absence of good health. Research has shown that we are aged by culture, but we are also culturally made ill when we age. The cultural ambiguity of aging can thus deconstruct negative images of old age as physical decrepitude. This volume investigates the topic of health within the matrix of time and experience by addressing issues such as how our understanding of health influences our notion of agency within a subversive deconstruction of normative age concepts, and what role the notion of health plays in such an interaction.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
ISBN-13
9783837625820
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208800683
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Human Biology
Author
Ulla Kriebernegg, Roberta Maierhofer, Barbara Ratzenbock
Publication Name
Alive and Kicking at All Ages: Cultural Constructions of Health and Life Course Identity
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Healthcare System
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
330 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
226mm
Item Width
147mm
Item Weight
1000g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Aging Studies (COL)
Editor
Roberta Maierhofer, Barbara Ratzenbock, Ulla Kriebernegg