Ageing, Narrative and Identity

New Qualitative Social Research

• Author(s): N. Hubble, P. Tew,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 221
• ISBN_10: 0230390943
  ISBN_13: 9780230390942
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy , Social Science / Children's Studies , Social Science / General , Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century , Family & Relationships / Life Stages / Later Years , Political Science / Public Policy / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Family & Relationships / Life Stages / General , Literary Criticism / General , Social Science / Gerontology ,

Description:... This book outlines the methodology and results of the Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Ageing Project, led by a research team from Brunel University, UK. It investigates how older people resist stereotypical cultural representations of ageing and demonstrates the importance of narrative understanding to social agency.