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Aging Bodies
Christopher A. . Ed(S): Faircloth
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Description for Aging Bodies
Paperback. Western thought traditionally divides the human being into a body-mind dualism; the first examines the physical body and the second focuses upon psychological and social aspects of aging. This book attempts to bridge this rift: reinserting the physical back into gerontology's study of aging. Editor(s): Faircloth, Christopher A. Num Pages: 225 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFSP31; MFKH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
Western thought traditionally divides the human being into a body-mind dualism, a divide realized in the divergent research fields of geriatrics and gerontology; the first examines the physical body, and the second focuses instead upon psychological and social aspects of aging. Research Health Scientist Christopher Faircloth's edited volume of original pieces attempts to bridge this rift: reinserting the physical aging body and its lived experiences back into gerontology's study of aging. He asks, 'Is it not the physical body that readily marks us as aging?' Faircloth organizes this text around two major themes of the aging body: everyday experience, and ... Read more
Western thought traditionally divides the human being into a body-mind dualism, a divide realized in the divergent research fields of geriatrics and gerontology; the first examines the physical body, and the second focuses instead upon psychological and social aspects of aging. Research Health Scientist Christopher Faircloth's edited volume of original pieces attempts to bridge this rift: reinserting the physical aging body and its lived experiences back into gerontology's study of aging. He asks, 'Is it not the physical body that readily marks us as aging?' Faircloth organizes this text around two major themes of the aging body: everyday experience, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
Number of Pages
225
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759102361
SKU
V9780759102361
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About Christopher A. . Ed(S): Faircloth
Christopher A. Faircloth is a research health scientist at the Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center (RORC) at the North Florida-South Georgia V.A. Medical Center in Gainesville, FL.
Reviews for Aging Bodies
This volume is a welcome contribution to the understanding of the aging and the aged body in the field of social gerontology. In contrast to overly abstract and, ironically, disembodied treatments of the body current in the academy today, essays in this collection ground theory and interpretation in original and intriguing empirical research. The result is a lively collection addressing ... Read more