Naomi Woodspring
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781447318774
- eISBN:
- 9781447318781
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447318774.003.0001
- Subject:
- Education, Educational Policy and Politics
At its core, this book is a study of the postwar cohort’s experience of time, body, identity and ageing. A principal element of this book is their attempts to answer those questions. In this book the ...
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At its core, this book is a study of the postwar cohort’s experience of time, body, identity and ageing. A principal element of this book is their attempts to answer those questions. In this book the rich interlacing of temporality and embodiment as manifested through old age is examined through the lived experience of the postwar cohort. The intention of this book is to explore one small slice of history and culture, the ageing of the baby boomers. Body, time, and identity have been explored as separate areas by sociologists, anthropologists (with various specialties), and gerontologists. The goal of this book is to enfold those three aspects of our human experience and explore them through the lens of ageing. One of the aims of this book is to give the reader the feel, the sense, of what it is like for the postwar generation to frame their ageing process at this point in time. The postwar generation itself seems to have a yearning for reflections that echo their experience. Perhaps that has to do with their strong sense of generation, which is discussed throughout this book and was so evident in the research.Less
At its core, this book is a study of the postwar cohort’s experience of time, body, identity and ageing. A principal element of this book is their attempts to answer those questions. In this book the rich interlacing of temporality and embodiment as manifested through old age is examined through the lived experience of the postwar cohort. The intention of this book is to explore one small slice of history and culture, the ageing of the baby boomers. Body, time, and identity have been explored as separate areas by sociologists, anthropologists (with various specialties), and gerontologists. The goal of this book is to enfold those three aspects of our human experience and explore them through the lens of ageing. One of the aims of this book is to give the reader the feel, the sense, of what it is like for the postwar generation to frame their ageing process at this point in time. The postwar generation itself seems to have a yearning for reflections that echo their experience. Perhaps that has to do with their strong sense of generation, which is discussed throughout this book and was so evident in the research.
Naomi Woodspring
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781447318774
- eISBN:
- 9781447318781
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447318774.003.0009
- Subject:
- Education, Educational Policy and Politics
‘Time will tell,’ is the concluding chapter and pulls key messages together from the previous chapters. This book is an attempt to create a layered understanding of ageing that reflects the ...
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‘Time will tell,’ is the concluding chapter and pulls key messages together from the previous chapters. This book is an attempt to create a layered understanding of ageing that reflects the complexity of the people who participated in the research. This book presents a new framework for understanding that time, body, and identity are defining aspects of ageing. This book has explored some of the differences in the shape and significance of old age for the postwar cohort.Less
‘Time will tell,’ is the concluding chapter and pulls key messages together from the previous chapters. This book is an attempt to create a layered understanding of ageing that reflects the complexity of the people who participated in the research. This book presents a new framework for understanding that time, body, and identity are defining aspects of ageing. This book has explored some of the differences in the shape and significance of old age for the postwar cohort.
Naomi Woodspring
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781447318774
- eISBN:
- 9781447318781
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447318774.001.0001
- Subject:
- Education, Educational Policy and Politics
This innovative study of the baby boomer generation, who are now entering old age, breaks new ground in ageing research. This post-war cohort has experienced a range of social, cultural, and medical ...
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This innovative study of the baby boomer generation, who are now entering old age, breaks new ground in ageing research. This post-war cohort has experienced a range of social, cultural, and medical changes in regard to their notions of body, from the introduction of the Pill and the decoupling of sex and procreation to the H-Bomb and Earthrise. Yet, paradoxically, ageing is also universal. This exciting book reflects the intersection of time, ageing, body and identity to give a more nuanced and enlightened understanding of the ageing process.Less
This innovative study of the baby boomer generation, who are now entering old age, breaks new ground in ageing research. This post-war cohort has experienced a range of social, cultural, and medical changes in regard to their notions of body, from the introduction of the Pill and the decoupling of sex and procreation to the H-Bomb and Earthrise. Yet, paradoxically, ageing is also universal. This exciting book reflects the intersection of time, ageing, body and identity to give a more nuanced and enlightened understanding of the ageing process.
