Growing Up and Growing Old: Ageing and Dependency in the Life Course (Life Course Studies series)

By Allison James and Jenny Hockey

Childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age: the life course of individuals in Western cultures is structured through a series of recognized stages. In this compelling volume, the authors offer a critical analysis of how this structuring of the life course reflects and perpetuates fundamental concepts of dependency and independence. Combining a robustly critical analysis with a broad interdisciplinary focus, the authors clarify the expression of metaphors of dependency in differing contexts--the body, the family, work, and leisure. In their final analysis, the authors challenge the stigmatizing role which stereotypes can play in the lives of particular groups of people. "The themes are important and well exemplified."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803988338
• ISBN13: 9780803988330
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 5.5"