The Ageless Self: Sources of Meaning in Late Life
Language: English
Published by Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 1986
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- Title
- The Ageless Self: Sources of Meaning in Late Life
- Author
- Kaufman, Sharon R.
- Publisher
- Univ of Wisconsin Pr
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0299108600
- ISBN 13
- 9780299108601
Among the many studies of aging and the aged, there is comparatively little material in which the aged speak for themselves. In this compelling study, Sharon Kaufman encourages just such expression, recording and presenting the voices of a number of old Americans. Her informants tell their life stories and relate their most personal feelings about becoming old. Each story is unique, and yet, presented together, they inevitable weave a clear pattern, one that clashes sharply with much current gerontological thought. With this book, Sharon Kaufman allows us to understand the experience of the aging by listening to the aged themselves. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kaufman, while maintaining objectivity, is able to draw an intimate portrait of her subjects. We come to know these people as individuals and we become involved with their lives. Through their words, we find that the aging process is not merely a period of sensory, functional, economic, and social decline. Old people continue to participate in society, andâ more importantâ continue to interpret their participation in the social world. Through themes constructed from these stories, we can see how the old not only cope with losses, but how they create new meaning as they reformulate and build viable selves. Creating identity, Kaufman stresses, is a lifelong process. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sharon Kaufman's book will be of interest and value not only to students of gerontology and life span development, and to professionals in the field of aging, but to everyone who is concerned with the aging process itself. As Sharon Kaufman says, "If we can find the sources of meaning held by the elderly and see how individuals put it all together, we will go a long way toward appreciating the complexity of human aging and the ultimate reality of coming to terms with one's whole life."
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0;This volume will be helpful to those teaching and studying gerontology, as well as to those interested in the processes of identity formation and change. . . . useful as well to those concerned with lifespan development in American society.1;2;Nancy Foner, "Medical Anthropology Quarterly"
"A book that no novelist or indeed any caring person with a fondness for human interiors could resist."--Paul West, "New York Times Book Review"
"Sharon Kaufman argues that 'old age' is not something that has intrinsic meaning and old people rarely see themselves as 'old.' They have a sense of self that is ageless and they stress continuity of identity, despite the physical and social changes associated with old age. "The Ageless Self" is a thought-provoking book and the emphasis on letting the elderly speak for themselves is a welcome one."--Andrew Sixsmith, "Ageing and Society"
"This volume will be helpful to those teaching and studying gerontology, as well as to those interested in the processes of identity formation and change. . . . useful as well to those concerned with lifespan development in American society."--Nancy Foner, "Medical Anthropology Quarterly"
"I just saw some slides of myself and was quite taken aback. That couldn't be me. That's a nice looking woman, but it couldn't possibly be me. Even though I look in the mirror all the time, I don't see myself as old." Martha, age 70
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"I just saw some slides of myself and was quite taken aback. That couldn't be me. That's a nice looking woman, but it couldn't possibly be me. Even though I look in the mirror all the time, I don't see myself as old." Martha, age 70
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