Narratives of Positive Aging - 9780199918041
Un libro in lingua di Amia Lieblich edito da Oxford University Press, 2014
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In Narratives of Positive Aging, Amia Lieblich presents a qualitative study that explores the life narratives of elderly men and women who engage in practices of "positive aging." They belong to a spontaneous community that assembles daily, early in the morning, on a beach near Tel-Aviv, Israel. At the seaside, the elders practice various outdoor sports, and converse over coffee at the local café. Based on their narratives, procured by individual open-ended interviews, and the author's participant observation, the book explores the impact of routine, physical activity, and social relationships on successful aging. Lieblich additionally presents an analysis of the tension-minimizing discourse adopted at the café and the pleasant bubble-like environment it fosters amongst the community members. Finally, the book debates the adaptive role of narrating one's life story, and its perceived manifestation of wisdom. A combination of complete life stories and extracts of conversations recorded on the beach color every chapter. These texts are complimented and elucidated by a variety of academic claims, theories and findings concerning narratives and aging. This book, based on an Israeli field study, may be viewed both as a local case study as well as a lesson relevant to aging everywhere.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Narratives of Positive Aging
- Sottotitolo: Seaside Stories
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Amia Lieblich
- Editore: Oxford University Press
- Collana: Oxford Univ Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 17 Luglio '14
- Genere: PSYCHOLOGY
- Argomenti : Aging Psychological aspects Older people Psychology Case studies Narrative inquiry (Research method)
- Pagine: 188
- EAN-13: 9780199918041