Childhood and Old Age: Equals or Opposites?

By Jergen Povlsen

Contents: I. Age as discourse. Growing up and growing old. - Film censorship in Denmark 1896-1922. - Infancy and old age as causes of death. - Lifestyle imagery and the commercial spirit of seniors culture. - Memories, age and biographical discourse. - II. Age in practice. Families and the modern culture of aging. - The mother-infant relationship in the first few days of life, 1920 to 1950. - The sporting fellowship of elderly men in the beginning of the 20th century. - The politics of aging amongst the Kikuyu women of Kenya. - Ambivalent images of grandparents in the course of the 19th century. - III. Age in the future. Implications of new reproductive and genetic techniques.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8778384907
• ISBN13: 9788778384904
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Southern Denmark
• Length: 22 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.5" x 7.0"