Embodied ageing and categorisation work amongst retirees in the Faroe Islands

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-92

  Róin, Ása ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FAROE ISLANDS   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Categorisation; Embodied ageing; Negotiating age; Retirees

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENMARK; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MORALITY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RETIREMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENMARK; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MORALS; NEGOTIATING; RETIREMENT;

EID: 84907685303     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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