Ways of AgingISBN: 978-0-631-23059-5
Paperback
240 pages
December 2002, Wiley-Blackwell
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Contributors vii
Introduction 1
Beyond Stereotypes 3
Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein
Part I Persistence 11
1 Narratives of Forgiveness in Old Age 13
Helen K. Black
2 Elderhood in Contemporary Lakota Society 36
Joan Weibel-Orlando
3 Claiming Identity in a Nursing Home 58
Debora A. Patemiti
Part II Adaptation 75
4 Three Childless Men’s Pathways into Old Age 77
Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox
5 Constructing Community from Troubles 96
Christopher A. Faircloth
6 Family Lives of Aging Black Americans 111
Colleen L. Johnson and Barbara M. Barer
Part Ill Change 133
7 Aging and Change in a Religious Community 135
Sarah Matthews
8 Identity Careers of Older Gay Men and Lesbians 160
Dana Rosenfeld
9 Expectations and Experiences of Widowhood 182
Deborah Kestin van den Hoonaard
Epilogue 201
10 Positive Aging 203
Mary Gergen and Kenneth J. Gergen
Index 225