1. Introduction -- 2. Dodworth: people and place -- 3. Endings, pasts and futures: temporal complexities and memory talk -- 4. Monitoring the boundaries of age: intra-generational perspectives on 'old age' -- 5. Reconfiguring normative models of self -- 6. Narrative forms and shapes -- 7. Conclusions
Summary
Seeking to better understand what it means to grow older in contemporary Britain from the perspective of older people themselves, this richly detailed ethnographic study engages in debates over selfhood and people's relationships with time. Based on research conducted in an English former coal mining village, the book focuses on the everyday experiences of older people living there. It explores how the category of old age comes to be assigned and experienced in daily life through multiple registers of interaction
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 8, 2018)
