Disciplining Old Age: The Formation of Gerontological Knowledge the Formation of Gerontological Knowledge

by Stephen Katz

Book Overview

This text provides a theoretical approach to what gerontology does. It combines the theories of Foucault, Bourdieu and Althusser in an analysis of what it calls the gerontological web.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813916615
• ISBN13: 9780813916613
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 209 Pages
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher