Ageing, Narrative and Identity New Qualitative Social Research
Description
This book outlines the methodology and results of the Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Ageing Project, led by a research team from Brunel University, UK. It investigates how older people resist stereotypical cultural representations of ageing and demonstrates the importance of narrative understanding to social agency.
Keywords
Political SciencePublic PolicySocial PolicySocial ScienceChildren's StudiesLiterary CriticismModern20th CenturyFamily & RelationshipsLife StagesLater YearsSociologyGerontology
2013Book
Author(s)Philip Tew
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230390935
LanguageEnglish
