{"product_id":"ways-of-aging-isbn-9780631230595","title":"Ways of Aging","description":"Written and edited by social gerontologists, and focusing on everyday experiences, these essays draw from original case studies to look at the diverse ways of growing and being older. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCollects ten original essays on the aging experience, written by prominent social gerontologists.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights diverse ways of growing and being older.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers detailed portraits of a broad range of experiences, including those of the homeless, the retirement community, sexual nonconformists, and the disabled.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses stereotypes of the aging process and provides diverse examples of individual experiences.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond Stereotypes 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Persistence 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Narratives of Forgiveness in Old Age 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen K. Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Elderhood in Contemporary Lakota Society 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoan Weibel-Orlando\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Claiming Identity in a Nursing Home 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDebora A. Patemiti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Adaptation 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Three Childless Men’s Pathways into Old Age 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTanya Koropeckyj-Cox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Constructing Community from Troubles 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher A. Faircloth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Family Lives of Aging Black Americans 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eColleen L. Johnson and Barbara M. Barer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Ill Change 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Aging and Change in a Religious Community 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Matthews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Identity Careers of Older Gay Men and Lesbians 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDana Rosenfeld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Expectations and Experiences of Widowhood 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeborah Kestin van den Hoonaard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Positive Aging 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Gergen and Kenneth J. Gergen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 225\u003c\/p\u003e  ‘\u003ci\u003eWays of Aging\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome antidote to deterministic theories of aging. What a treat to read such wonderfully written ethnographic accounts that both illuminate distinctive social worlds and offer provocative insight into the multiple meanings of aging and old age!’ \u003ci\u003eDavid A. Karp, Professor of Sociology, Boston College\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eWays of Aging\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that environment is key to unraveling the diversity found among the aged. Gubrium and Holstein are unmistakable: aging is a coat of many colors; variety is the order of the day. A close reading of \u003ci\u003eWays of Aging\u003c\/i\u003e will put to rest the very notion that there are ‘norms’ of aging. This book helps us understand how people create the scripts they live by, through narrative accounts.’ \u003ci\u003eJoe Hendricks, Oregon State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJaber F. Gubrium\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He is editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Aging Studies\u003c\/i\u003e and the author or editor of 20 books, including \u003ci\u003eOldtimers and Alzheimer’s\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), \u003ci\u003eSpeaking of Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), and \u003ci\u003eLiving and Dying at Murray Manor\u003c\/i\u003e (1997). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames A. Holstein\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology at Marquette University and the editor of \u003ci\u003eSocial Problems\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eCourt-Ordered Insanity\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), Dispute Domains and Welfare Claims \u003ci\u003eReconsidering Social Constructionism\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), and \u003ci\u003eSocial Problems in Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1997).\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe editors have previously collaborated on \u003ci\u003eWhat is Family?\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), \u003ci\u003eConstructing the Life Course\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eThe Active Interview\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eThe New Language of Qualitative Method\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003eThe Self We Live By\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and \u003ci\u003eAging and Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2000).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003eWays of Aging\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging collection of ten original essays on the experience of aging. Written and edited by social gerontologists, and focusing on everyday life, these essays draw from original case studies to feature diverse ways of growing and being older. Through in-depth interviews and first-person accounts, each essay gives a voice to the elderly, stressing the distinct and assorted identities that people develop as they grow older under different circumstances.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn straightforward and compelling prose, the authors feature the varied experiences of widows, African Americans, Native Americans, nursing home residents, gay and lesbian elders, and others. The essays provide vivid illustrations of both the complex differences of the aging experience and the surprising commonalities. 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