Edited by Elizabeth W. Markson and Lisa A. Hollis-Sawyer
Foreword by Jon Hendricks
Elizabeth W. Markson and Lisa A. Hollis-Sawyer's interdisciplinary, student-accessible anthology explores the diversity of experiences in aging--integrating ethnic, gender, economic status, sexual orientation, and historical variations throughout the book.
Intersections of Aging
provides students with compellingly written and challenging articles that will promote intellectual growth and increase understanding of aging and related issues.
The text examines the following questions:
* How do race, ethnicity, gender, and socio-economic position shape the
life course of older people's lives?
* Is there one standard or many for "successful aging"?
* Why do groups and individuals differ from one another in old age?
* What are the prospects for the aged of tomorrow?
Intersections of Aging delves into these and other
issues--combining academic and clinical articles with literary and personal accounts. It includes discussions of:
* Historical, social, and cultural constructions of old age
* The importance of incorporating race, ethnicity, gender, and social class into models of aging
* How older
people construct their self-concept, individuality, and actions in old age--and how this affects the meaning, value, and purpose of their lives
* Current health and well-being concerns
* Social and family relationships
* Work and retirement issues
* Policy and politics
shaping old age
* Future directions in the 21st century
Markson and Hollis-Sawyer provide articulate, intelligent introductions to each unit and each article. This material provides a coherent framework for each article as well as a "road map" for students.
No other
social gerontology anthology offers as much material on the interconnections between discrimination, diversity, and social class that shape the many ways in which we grow old--whatever our heritage may be.
Introduction: Perspectives on the Diversity of the Life Course
Section I: Cultural Constructions of Later Life
Jay Sokolovsky: 1. Images of Aging
James S. O'Leary: 2. Japan's Honorable Elders
Mike Hepworth: 3. "William" and the Old Folks
Carole Haber: 4. Old Age as a
Time of Decay
Benjamin Schlesinger: 5. The Sexless Years or Sex Rediscovered
Jack Rosenthal: 6. The Age Boom
Margaret M. Baltes and Laura L. Carstensen: 7. The Process of Successful Aging
Section II: Social Contexts of Aging
Margaret Hellie Huyck, Pninah Zucker, and Cheryl
Angellaccio: 8. Gender Across Generations
Barbara Formaniak Turner and Priyanthi Silva: 9. Definitions of Femininity: Youth to Old Age
Marilyn Nouri and Marilyn Helterline: 10. Narrative Accrual and the Life Course
Lydia Minatoya: 11. My Mother's Music
Colleen L. Johnson: 12.
Adaptation of Oldest Old Black Americans
William J. McAuley: 13. History, Race, and Attachment to Place
Joan Weibel-Orlando: 14. You Can Go Home Again
Diana Chang: 15. Falling Free
Sarah Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hearth: 16. Having Our Say
Section III: Work,
Retirement, and Income Security
Toni M. Calasanti: 17. Incorporating Diversity
William H. Crown and Charles F. Longino, Jr.: 18. Labor Force Trends and Aging Policy
Lisa A. Hollis-Sawyer: 19. Reasonable Accommodation in the Workplace
Pedro Pietri: 20. Puerto Rican
Obituary
Joel Savishinsky: 21. The Unbearable Lightness of Retirement
Studs Terkel: 22. Charles Hayes, 76 and Jessie de la Cruz, 74
Katherine R. Allen and Victoria Chin-Sang: 23. A Lifetime of Work
Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich: 24. Too Little, Too Late
Section IV: Family, Social
Relationships, and Intergenerational Reciprocity
Hiroko Akiyama, Kathryn Elliott, and Toni Antonucci: 25. Same-sex and Cross-sex Relationships
Gunhild O. Hagestad: 26. Able Elderly in the Family Context
Marcene Goodman and Robert L. Rubinstein: 27. Parenting in Later Life
Susan
R. Sherman: 28. Intergenerational Reciprocity
Helena Maria Viramontes: 29. The Moths
Rachel Pruchno and Katrina W. Johnson: 30. Research on Grandparenting
María P. Aranda and Bob G. Knight: 31. Influence of Ethnicity and Culture on Caregivers
Tish Sommers and Laurie Shields: 32. A
Mother and Daughter
Edward H. Thompson, Jr.: 33. Gendered Caregiving of Husbands and Sons
Jennifer Hand and Patricia Reid: 34. Hand-me-down People
Section V: Health and Illness in Later Life
Lynda D. Grant: 35. Ageism and Its Impact on Healthy Aging
Judith Bunnell Sellers:
36. Rural Navajo and Anglo Elders Aging Well
Patricia P. Barry: 37. Assessment of Geriatric Patients
Morris Friedell: 38. Incipient Dementia: A Victim's Perspective
Lynne Gershenshon Hodgson and Stephen J. Cutler: 39. Anticipatory Dementia and Well-being
Leslie A. Morgan and J. Kevin
Eckert: 40. Burdens and Boundaries
Philip Roth: 41. Patrimony
Philip R. Muskin: 42. Psychodynamic Perspective: Physician-assisted Suicide
Daniel Callahan: 43. Health Care Struggle Between Young and Old
Robert H. Binstock: 44. Healthcare Costs Around the World
Section VI:
Future Directions for Older Americans and for Gerontology
Eric R. Kingson: 45. Social Security and Aging Baby Boomers
Charles L. Longino, Jr.: 46. Aging Population to Broaden Medicine
Meredith Minkler: 47. New Challenges for Gerontology
Matilda White Riley: 48. Aging in the
Twenty-first Century
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Elizabeth W. Markson is an Adjunct Professor of Sociology at Boston University. Lisa A. Hollis-Sawyer is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the Northeastern Illinois University.
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