Images, Meaning, and Discourses of Ageing

Wednesday, August 1, 2012: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

NB 440 (Faculty of Economics)

RC11 Sociology of Aging (host committee)

Language: English

Session Organizer:

Julie MCMULLIN, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Chair:

Kyriakos MARKIDES, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA

163.1

Diversity and ageing – The meaning of new intimate relationships in later life (Oral Presentation)
Peter ÖBERG, University of Gävle, Sweden

163.2

‘This is a good time for ageing' - Images of old age from social workers and private health care providers (Oral Presentation)
Gerardo ZAMORA, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain; Erkuden ALDAZ, Ingema, Spain; Izaskun CUARTANGO, Ingema, Spain; Nerea GALDONA, Ingema, Spain

163.3

163.4

Discourses of child free later life: A gendered topic (Oral Presentation)
Jill REYNOLDS, The Open University, United Kingdom

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