The aging body / Jason L. Powell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, Jason L., 1971-

Series:

Social Perspectives in the 21st Century (Series Editor: Jason L. Powell, Dean of Faculty, University

Social perspectives in the 21st century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aging--Social aspects.

Aging.

Human body.

Older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (82 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the main issues in new social science approaches to understanding the human body and aging. In particular, the development of postmodernism and its relationship to culture and the body is delineated. The book also addresses some of the power issues that manifest in social relationships focused on the body. Here, the work of Michel Foucault is useful in using conceptual tools to disrupt dominant bio-medical narratives relating to the aging body.

Contents:

""THE AGING BODY""; ""THE AGING BODY""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION""; ""Chapter 2: POSTMODERN AGING AND THE BODY""; ""POPULAR CULTURE AND THE AGING BODY""; ""THE GENDERED AGING BODY""; ""BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE BODY: REINVENTING AGING?""; ""Chapter 3: “FOUCAULT EFFECT� AND THEAGING BODY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CONTEXTUAL BACKDROP OF FOUCAULT�S EARLY STRUCTURALISM""; ""FOUCAULDIAN GERONTOLOGY""; ""RETHINKING AGING: TOWARD “TECHNOLOGIES OF SELF� AND GOVERNMENTALITY?""

""THE IMPLICATIONS OF FOUCAULDIAN ANALYSES OF AGING""""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 27, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62808-394-8

OCLC:

855534396