Gray matters : finding meaning in the stories of later life /
"Aging is one of the most compelling issues today, with record numbers of seniors over sixty-five worldwide. Gray Matters: Finding Meaning in the Stories of Later Life examines a diverse array of cultural works including films, literature, and even art that represent this time of life, often ma...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick :
Rutgers University Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Global perspectives on aging series.
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| Online Access: | Full text (Emerson users only) Full text (Emmanuel users only) Full text (NECO users only) Full text (MCPHS users only) Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Summary: | "Aging is one of the most compelling issues today, with record numbers of seniors over sixty-five worldwide. Gray Matters: Finding Meaning in the Stories of Later Life examines a diverse array of cultural works including films, literature, and even art that represent this time of life, often made by people who are seniors themselves. These works, focusing on important topics such as housing, memory loss, and intimacy, are analyzed in dialogue with recent research to explore how "stories" illuminate the dynamics of growing old by blending fact with imagination. Gray Matters also incorporates the life experiences of seniors gathered from over two hundred in-depth surveys with a range of questions on growing old, not often included in other age studies works. Combining cultural texts, gerontology research, and observations from older adults will give all readers a fuller picture of the struggles and pleasures of aging and avoids over-simplified representations of the process as all negative or positive"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 270 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781978806351 1978806353 1978806337 9781978806337 |