Becoming and Being Old

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Author: Bill Bytheway
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN-13: 9780803981713
Publishing year: 1990-08-01
No of pages: 192 pages
Weight: 230 grm
Language: English
Book binding: Paperback

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In this volume contributors examine the assumptions normally made about the elderly and offer differing sociological perspectives on becoming and being old, and on the concept of age itself. Instead of seeing the elderly in terms of needs, they offer alternative analyses in light of class, gender and race. Examining the life-cycle perspective on old age, they show how retirement from the workforce is only one aspect of becoming old, and arguably one which is important for only a minority of the ageing population.