Personal life narratives can serve as a rich source of new insights into the experience of human aging. In this comp;rehensive volume, an international team of editors and contributors provide effective approaches to using biography to enhance our understanding of adult development. In addition to providing new theoretical aspects on aging and biography, the book also details new developments concerning the practical use of different biographical approaches in both research and clinical work. This is a landmark volume advancing the use of narrative approaches in gerontology.
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Gary M. Kenyon, PhD, did his doctoral work at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Dr. Kenyon is founder and Chair of the Gerontology Department at St. Thomas University, Fredericton, N.B., Canada, and Honorary Research Associate at the University of New Brunswick. Dr. Kenyon is listed in Who's Who in Canada and America, and in the Dictionary of International Biography. Dr. Kenyon has been a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Linkoping, Sweden. His recent publications include a co-edited special issue of the Aging and Society (1996) and a co-edited special issue of the Journal of Aging Studies (1999). In addition, he has co-authored two volumes: Restorying Our Lives (1997, Praeger), and Ordinary Wisdom: Biographical Aging and the Journey of Life (2001, Praeger).
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