Social theory and aging

Social theory and aging / Jason L. Powell.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Powell, Jason L., 1971-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2006.
Series:	New social formations
Subjects:	Gerontology > Philosophy. Aging. Postmodernism.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

The relationship of social theory and aging: a critical exegesis
Modern constructions of aging
Occidental modernity, the bio-medical gaze and aging
Theorizing aging: critical explorations of modernist sociological approaches
Postmodern deconstructions of aging
Postmodernism, culture and aging body
The 'foucault effect' and aging: relations of power, surveillance and governmentality
Aging in the 'risk society'
Conclusion: reconstructions of aging.