Routledge Handbook of Cultural Gerontology (Routledge International Handbooks)

Later years are changing under the impact of demographic, social and cultural shifts. No longer confined to the sphere of social welfare, they are now studied within a wider cultural framework that encompasses new experiences and new modes of being. Drawing on influences from the arts and humanities, and deploying diverse methodologies – visual, literary, spatial – and theoretical perspectives Cultural Gerontology has brought new aspects of later life into view. This major new publication draws together these currents including: Theory and Methods; Embodiment; Identities and Social Relationships; Consumption and Leisure; and Time and Space. Based on specially commissioned chapters by leading international authors, the Routledge Handbook of Cultural Gerontology will provide concise authoritative reviews of the key debates and themes shaping this exciting new field. Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements List of illustrations Author biographies 1 The field of cultural gerontology: an introduction SECTION I Theory and methods 2 Theory and methods: introduction 3 Aged by culture 4 The cultural turn in gerontology 5 Beyond the view of the West: ageing and anthropology 6 Historians of ageing and the ‘cultural turn’ 7 Literature and ageing 8 Theatre and ageing 9 Ageing in film 10 Popular music and ageing 11 Art, ageing and the body 12 Visual methods in ageing research 13 Ethnographies of ageing 14 Ageing, narrative and biographical methods SECTION II Embodiment 15 Embodiment: introduction 16 Theorising embodiment and ageing 17 Gender, ageing and appearance 18 Hair and age 19 Dress and age 20 Science, technology and ageing 21 Ageing, risk and the falling body 22 Dementia and embodiment 23 Suffering and pain in old age SECTION III Identities and social relationships 24 Identities and social relationships: introduction 25 Intersectionality and age 26 Gender: implications of a contested area 27 Anti-ageing and identities 28 Sex, sexuality and later life 29 Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ageing 30 Grandparenting 31 Widowhood and its cultural representations 32 Loneliness and isolation 33 The fourth age 34 Cultures of care 35 Ethnicity, culture and migration 36 Ageing well across cultures SECTION IV Consumption and leisure 37 Consumption and leisure: introduction 38 Retirement. Evolution, revolution or retrenchment 39 Money and later life 40 Possessions as a material convoy 41 Gardens and gardening in later life 42 Sport, physical activity and ageing 43 Travel and tourism in later life 44 Volunteering in later life 45 Youth culture, ageing and identity 46 Celebrity culture and ageing 47 Representations of ageing in the media 48 ‘Late style’ and late-life creativity SECTION V Time and space 49 Time and space: introduction 50 Global and local ties and the reconstruction of later life 51 Time in late modern ageing 52 Transitions, time and later life 53 Rural and urban ageing 54 Lifestyle migration 55 Ageing trends in the Asia-Pacific region 56 Connectivity, digital technologies and later life 57 Meanings of home and age 58 Public places and age 59 Cemeteries and age Index Old age is changing, and so are the ways we study it. This exciting new publication brings new aspects of later life into view, such as consumption, embodiment, identity; and draws in new methodologies - visual, literary, spatial. Based on specially commissioned chapters by leading international authors, the Handbook of cultural gerontology wil