Ageing selves and everyday life in the north of England : years in the making / Cathrine Degnen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Degnen, Cathrine, author.

Series:

New ethnographies.

New ethnographies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--England--Barnsley (South Yorkshire)--Social conditions.

Older people.

Aging--Social aspects--England--Barnsley (South Yorkshire).

Aging.

Dodworth (Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 159 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Seeking to better understand what it means to grow older in contemporary Britain from the perspective of older people themselves, this richly detailed ethnographic study engages in debates over selfhood and people's relationships with time.

Contents:

Intro

Ageing selves and everyday life in the North of England: Years in the making

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of figures and maps

Acknowledgements

Dedication

Series editor's foreword

1. Introduction

2. Dodworth: people and place

3. Endings, pasts and futures: temporal complexities and memory talk

4. Monitoring the boundaries of age: intra-generational perspectiveson 'old age'

5. Reconfiguring normative models of self

6. Narrative forms and shapes

7. Conclusions

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 22, 2026).

ISBN:

1-5261-2988-4