Beyond Nostalgia: Aging and Life-story Writing (Age Studies) - Hardcover

Ruth E. Ray

 
9780813919393: Beyond Nostalgia: Aging and Life-story Writing (Age Studies)

Synopsis

A study of the ways in which the elderly fashion their memories through personal narrative. It involves the reader in the construction of life stories as a richly rewarding and highly social process that often reveals the types of relationships that dominate the lives of group members.

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About the Author

Ruth E. Ray is Associate Professor of English and faculty associate in gerontology at Wayne State University.

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