A View from Life's Edge : Discovering What Really Matters with Older Women Across the Globe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dempsey, Corinne G.

Series:

Global Perspectives on Aging Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older women.

Aging.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2025.

Summary:

This book explores the wisdom and experiences of older women across diverse cultural contexts, focusing on their perspectives on life, aging, and mortality. Through interviews conducted over five years with women aged eighty and above in locations such as the United States, South India, and Iceland, the author examines how late-life clarity and acceptance emerge from the realities of aging, loss, and the inevitability of death. The book delves into themes of spirituality, social structures, and cultural attitudes toward aging, while addressing the underrepresentation and marginalization of older adults in contemporary discourse. Designed for students, scholars, and the general public, it bridges anthropology, gerontology, and cultural studies to offer a profound reflection on what truly matters in life. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Icelandic Language Notes

Introduction: A View from the Edge

Part I: Landscapes

1. Crossing Frontiers in the San Francisco Bay Area

2. The Forces of Nature in Northern Iceland

3. Sacred Relations in South India

4. On Their Own Terms: The Sisters of St. Joseph

Part II: The Real

5. Where Does It Hurt? Rejecting and Revising God and Religion

6. Critical Junctures: Love and Loss

7. Lost and Found: The Fruits of Letting Go

Part III: The More

8. Death and Nature: Portals into the Wondrous More

9. Unearthly Entities: Angels, Deities, Spirits, and Saints

10. Frameless Presence: Encounters with the Unshakable Unknown

Conclusion: Finding Our Place at the Edge

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-9788-4466-2

OCLC:

1530382384