书目名称 | Sociology of Aging and Death |
编辑 | Jason Powell |
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概述 | Offers conceptual and theoretical, historical and contemporary interpretations of aging and processes of death such as crime, victimisation, and imprisonment.Assesses international approaches to aging |
丛书名称 | International Perspectives on Aging |
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描述 | .This book presents a critical analysis and examination of the major theories and social issues in the social construction of aging and death. It is concerned with the impact of death and places how our experiences of death are transformed by the roles that truth and discourse about aging play in everyday life. A major element of the book is an examination of the way in which groups and individuals employ specific representations of mortality in order to construct meaning and purpose for life and death. To accentuate this, the book provides an investigation into the social construction of death practices across time and space. Special attention is given to the notion of death as a socially accomplished phenomenon grounded in a unique sociological introduction to the meaning of death throughout history to the present. The purpose of this book is to critically inform debates concerning the abstract and empirical features of death examined through the lens of sociological perspectives.This book explores the emergent biomedical dominance relating to ageing and death. An alternative is advocated which re-interprets ageing for Graduate schools. This innovative book explores the concept, |
出版日期 | Book 2022 |
关键词 | Death; Aging; Institutional Care; Death Studies; Capital Punishment; Victims |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19329-3 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-19331-6 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-19329-3Series ISSN 2197-5841 Series E-ISSN 2197-585X |
issn_series | 2197-5841 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |