Ageing selves and everyday life in the north of England : years in the making /

Seeking to explore what it means to grow older in contemporary Britain from the perspective of older people themselves, this richly detailed ethnographic study engages in debates over selfhood and people's relationships with time.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Degnen, Cathrine
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; 2012.
Series:New ethnographies.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Dodworth: people and place
  • 3. Endings, pasts and futures: temporal complexities and memory talk
  • 4. Monitoring the boundaries of age: intra-generational perspectives on 'old age'
  • 5. Reconfiguring normative models of self
  • 6. Narrative forms and shapes
  • 7. Conclusions.