Anthropology and the riddle of the Sphinx : paradoxes of change in the life course / edited by Paul Spencer

Spencer, Paul (1932-)

ISBN 10: 0415040892 / ISBN 13: 9780415040891

Editore: London ; New York : Routledge, 1990

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Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xii, 222 pages; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. The outcome of The Social Construction of Youth, Maturation and Ageing, a conference held in 1988 at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Contents: Papers arising from the 1988 Conference of the Association of Social Anthropology, on the subject of "The Social Construction of Youth, Maturation and Ageing." Subjects: Conference. The Social construction of youth, maturation and ageing (1988: London). Ethnology; Congresses. Aging; Congresses. Adolescence; Congresses. Aging Social aspects. Aging Social aspects; Congresses. Genre: Bibliography. Conference papers and proceedings. 1 Kg.

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• Titolo: Anthropology and the riddle of the Sphinx : paradoxes of change in the life course / edited by Paul Spencer
• Editore: London ; New York : Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0415040892
• ISBN 13: 9780415040891
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Edizione: 1st edition.

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This study seeks to relate the problems of maturation and ageing to the life course as a whole. As it is treated here, the riddle posed by the sphinx asks "What is it that changes as we age?" and is concerned with the enigmas of this total process. Ultimately, the ways in which we experience these problems stem from our view of ageing and the contradictions of soicety itself. The essays in this volume consider aspects of this problem with reference to a variety of cultures. The young, the mature and the elderly have distinctive identities, but they form a continuum whose profile is culturally contructed. "Anthropology and the Riddle of the Sphinx" is intended as a contribution to the growing literature on ageing, deliberately broadening the topic in the search for a wider understanding. The volume aims to stimulate interest in neglected aspects of the aging process within social anthropology and to present an anthropological point of view to others who have an interest in problems associated with the life course. It should be of interest to students of social anthropology and medical sociology.

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Book by Spencer