Meanings of ageing and old age: Discursive contexts, social attitudes and personal identities

Ageing in Society: European Perspectives on Gerontology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 235-254

  Westerhof, Gerben J ^a   Tulle, Emmanuelle ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84950162289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446278918.n11     Document Type: Chapter

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4. Tulle, E. (ed.) (2004) Old Age and Agency. Hauppauge, NY: Novascience
5. Westerhof, G. J., Dittmann-Kohli, F. and Bode, C. (2003) The aging paradox: towards personal meaning in gerontological theory. In: Biggs, S., Lowenstein, A. and Hendricks, J. (eds) The Need for Theory: Social Gerontology for the 21st Century, 127-143. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing