Ageing and Diversity: Multiple Pathways and Cultural Migrations

by Simon Biggs

To understand contemporary ageing it is necessary to recognise its diversity. Drawing on an extraordinary range of theory, original research and empirical sources, this book assesses the stereotyped conceptions of ageing, and offers a critical and updated perspective. The book explores the diversity of individual pathways of ageing, the sources of identifications, migration and otherness, and the tension between social structures and personal agency;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861348479
• ISBN13: 9781861348470
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"