Baby boomers: Time and ageing bodies
Naomi Woodspring
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Description for Baby boomers: Time and ageing bodies
Hardback. This ground-breaking study of the baby boomer generation reflects the intersection of time, ageing, body and identity to give a nuanced and enlightened understanding of the ageing process. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHB; JKSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
This ground-breaking book presents a study of ageing as it is affecting the baby boom generation. Taking a widely interdisciplinary approach, it brings together insights from culture, history, gerontology, demographics and more to paint a vivid picture of how this cohort has faced aging and its physical, mental, emotional, and social effects.
This ground-breaking book presents a study of ageing as it is affecting the baby boom generation. Taking a widely interdisciplinary approach, it brings together insights from culture, history, gerontology, demographics and more to paint a vivid picture of how this cohort has faced aging and its physical, mental, emotional, and social effects.
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447318774
SKU
V9781447318774
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Ref
99-50
About Naomi Woodspring
Dr Naomi Woodspring completed her PhD in 2014 and is now a Research Fellow, University of the West of England as part of the Bristol Ageing Better project. Prior to returning to university as a late life learner, she had her own consulting firm providing sustainable solutions to organisational and community challenges. She also worked as a psychotherapist in a ... Read more
Reviews for Baby boomers: Time and ageing bodies
An important study of the 'baby boomer' generation, drawing upon an impressive body of scholarship. The study explores some fascinating links between the experiences of this cohort in the 1960s and the shaping of attitudes and identity in later life. Chris Phillipson, University of Manchester The Baby Boomers revolutionized being young. As time catches up with them they ... Read more