The Old Man - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8772191260 ISBN 13: 9788772191263

Publisher: Aarhus University Press, 2023

Synopsis

Old men - and especially old men living alone - remain an understudied group in the gerontological literature. The old man does, however, constitute a large part of the considerable demographic development, and old men living alone make up a rapidly increasing proportion of the elderly. This book is an anthology of different perspectives on the old man: What is it like to become an old man? Told by an old man. Furthermore, ideas about the old man through our cultural history and the first research on the very old man. Alcohol as a prism on how it is to become an old man. The old man and sexuality. The old man in a digitized world. Old men and masculinities. The single old man, lonely or just living alone? And several other relevant topics concerning the old man. The book takes a much-needed focus on the old man. The authors are researchers from different disciplines such as psychology, philosophy, theology, anthropology, health and gender studies.

About this title

About the Authors

Karen Pallesgaard Munk is associate professor emerita at the School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Denmark, and former chairman of the Danish Gerontological Society.

Michael Smaerup is associate professor at the Programme for Research in Ageing, VIA University College, Denmark.

Kirsten Maibom is former research manager at the Center for Health and Welfare Technology, VIA University College.

Kristian Park Frausing is associate professor at the Programme for Research in Ageing at VIA University College, Denmark.

Edition details

• Publisher: Aarhus University Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8772191260
• ISBN 13: 9788772191263
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 364
• Editor: Munk Karen Pallesgaard, Smærup Michael, Maibom Kirsten, Frausing Kristian Park