Intersections of Aging : Readings in Social Gerontology,9781891487064

Intersections of Aging : Readings in Social Gerontology

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ISBN13: 9781891487064
ISBN10: 189148706X
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Pub. Date: 2000-04-01
Publisher(s): Oxford Univ Pr
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Table of Contents

Foreword xiii
Preface xvi
Acknowledgments xvii
About the Contributors xviii
About the Selections xxiii
Introduction: Perspectives on the Diversity of the Life Course xxviii
Section I: Cultural Constructions of Later Life
Introduction
1(5)
Images of Aging
6(6)
Jay Sokolovsky
Japan's Honorable Elders
12(17)
James S. O'Leary
`William' and the Old Folks
29(10)
Mike Hepworth
Old Age as a Time of Decay
39(13)
Carole Haber
The Sexless Years or Sex Rediscovered
52(8)
Benjamin Schlesinger
The Age Boom
60(5)
Jack Rosenthal
The Process of Successful Aging
65(22)
Margret M. Baltes
Laura L. Carstensen
Section II: Social Contexts of Aging
Introduction
83(4)
Gender Across Generations
87(16)
Margaret Hellie Huyck
Pninah Zucker
Cheryl Angellaccio
Definitions of Femininity: Youth to Old Age
103(10)
Barbara Formaniak Turner
Priyanthi Silva
Narrative Accrual and the Life Course
113(14)
Marilyn Nouri
Marilyn Helterline
My Mother's Music
127(6)
Lydia Minatoya
Adaptation of Oldest Old Black Americans
133(9)
Colleen L. Johnson
History, Race, and Attachment to Place
142(15)
William J. McAuley
You Can Go Home Again
157(10)
Joan Weibel-Orlando
Falling Free
167(9)
Diana Chang
Having Our Say
176(12)
Sarah Delany
A. Elizabeth Delany
Amy Hearth
Section III: Work, Retirement, and Income Security
Introduction
183(5)
Incorporating Diversity
188(15)
Toni M. Calasanti
Labor Force Trends and Aging Policy
203(3)
William H. Crown
Charles F. Longino, Jr.
Reasonable Accommodation in the Workplace
206(4)
Lisa A. Hollis-Sawyer
Puerto Rican Obituary
210(3)
Pedro Pietri
The Unbearable Lightness of Retirement
213(10)
Joel Savishinsky
Charles Hayes, 76, and Jessie de la Cruz, 74
223(6)
Studs Terkel
A Lifetime of Work
229(8)
Katherine R. Allen
Victoria Chin-Sang
Too Little, Too Late
237(15)
Katkleen McInnis-Dittrich
Section IV: Family, Social Relationships, and Intergenerational Reciprocity
Introduction
247(5)
Same-Sex and Cross-Sex Relationships
252(11)
Hiroko Akiyama
Kathryn Elliott
Toni Antonucci
Able Elderly in the Family Context
263(9)
Gunhild O. Hagestad
Parenting in Later Life
272(14)
Marcene Goodman
Robert L. Rubinstein
Intergenerational Reciprocity
286(10)
Susan R. Sherman
The Moths
296(4)
Helena Maria Viramontes
Research on Grandparenting
300(8)
Rachel A. Pruchno
Katrina W Johnson
The Influence of Ethnicity and Culture on Caregivers
308(20)
Maria P. Aranda
Bob G. Knight
A Mother and Daughter
328(5)
Tish Sommers
Laurie Shields
Gendered Caregiving of Husbands and Sons
333(12)
Edward H. Thompson, Jr.
Hand-Me-Down People
345(15)
Jennifer Hand
Patricia Reid
Section V: Health and Illness in Later Life
Introduction
355(5)
Ageism and Its Impact on Healthy Aging
360(8)
Lynda D. Grant
Rural Navajo and Anglo Elders Aging Well
368(7)
Judith Bunnell Sellers
Assessment of Geriatric Patients
375(6)
Patricia P. Barry
Incipient Dementia: A Victim's Perspective
381(5)
Morris Friedell
Anticipatory Dementia and Well-being
386(6)
Lynne Gershenson Hodgson
Stephen J. Cutler
Burdens and Boundaries
392(10)
Leslie A. Morgan
J. Kevin Eckert
Patrimony
402(4)
Philip Roth
Psychodynamic Perspective: Physician-Assisted Suicide
406(9)
Philip R. Muskin
Health Care Struggle Between Young and Old
415(3)
Daniel Callahan
Healthcare Costs Around the World
418(12)
Robert H. Binstock
Section VI: Future Directions for Older Americans and for Gerontology
Introduction
27(403)
Social Security and Aging Baby Boomers
430(12)
Eric R. Kingson
Aging Population Will Broaden Our Understanding of Medicine
442(9)
Charles F. Longino, Jr.
New Challenges for Gerontology
451(14)
Meredith Minkler
Aging in the Twenty-first Century
465
Matilda White Riley

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