Embodying positive aging and neoliberal rationality: Talking about the aging body within narratives of retirement

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 34, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-20

  Laliberte Rudman, Debbie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageism; Body work; Discourse; Governmentality; Narrative

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGEISM; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RETIREMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGEISM; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; RETIREMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84925743923     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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