Ageing, Narrative and Identity: New Qualitative Social Research

Hubble, N.; Tew, P.

This book outlines the methodology and results of the Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Ageing Project, led by a research team from Brunel University, UK. It investigates how older people resist stereotypical cultural representations of ageing and demonstrates the importance of narrative understanding to social agency.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349351428

DOI: 10.1057/9780230390942

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 221