Constructing a social geography of grandparenthood: A new focus for intergenerationality

Area

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-197

  Tarrant, Anna ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grandparent identities; Grandparenthood; Intergenerationality; Qualitative interviewing; Relational geographies of age; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

AGE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953773160     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2009.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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