Life's Career-Aging: Cultural Variations on Growing Old - Brossura

Barbara Myerhoff; Andrei Simic

Brossura

ISBN 10: 080396000X ISBN 13: 9780803960008

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1979

Riassunto

'The book could open up a fruitful controversy in social gerontology and should become part of the library of every social gerontologist' -- Contemporary Sociology

'A unique contribution to cross-cultural studies in aging' -- Choice

'Worthwhile reading for any human service professional dealing with the aged' -- Social Work

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Contenuti

Introduction: Aging and the Aged in Cultural Perspective - Andrei Simic
Old Age in a Life-Term Social Arena: Some Chagga of Kilimanjaro in 1974 - Sally Folk Moore
Winners and Losers: Aging Yugoslavs in a Changing World - Andrei Simic
Youth and Changing in Central Mexico: One Day in the Life of Four Families of Migrants - Carlos G Vélez
A Symbol Perfected in Death: Continuity and Ritual in the Life and Death of an Elderly Jew - Barbara G Myerhoff
El Senior Citizens Club: The Older Mexican-American in the Voluntary Association - José Cuellar
Conclusion - Andrei Simic and Barbara Myerhoff

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• Editore: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1979
• ISBN 10: 080396000X
• ISBN 13: 9780803960008
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Redattore: Simic Andrei