Unexpecting age |
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Authors: | Molly Andrews |
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Institution: | Centre for Narrative Research, University of East London, 4-6 University Way, London E16 2RD, England, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | This essay argues that how we view our own old age is highly influenced by socially pervasive, though never explicit, expectations regarding old age as a generic category. I idenfiy four key expectations - the right to an old age; the idea that being old means being endowed with certain (positive or negative) characteristics; the fragmented relationship between the phases of life; and the assumption of the a-social nature of the aging process - and explore the sometimes contradictory ways in which these impact upon our own journeys through the life course. |
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