HLTHAGE 3I03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Grounded Theory, Socalled, Social Constructionism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 3I03
• Professor: Meredith Griffin

Document Summary

Health age 3l03 lecture 1: aging as an embodied social process: the body is absolutely crucial to the way we engage with the world and the people around us. The body is lived, experienced, but is done so in ways which are profoundly influenced by social processes and shaped by particular social contexts. Individualistic & embodied (cid:1) hold own decision on body (cid:1) 2. Ageism & the internalization of failure (cid:1) 3. Believe bad about self in relation to aging body = more death and suicide. Development of a theoretical & sociological perspective on age (cid:1) age as a social construction & an accomplishment (cid:1) 2. Empirical data from interviews with older adults (cid:1) to examine how the corporeal body contributes to the accomplishment of age: 3. Body" is shown quality/quantity: focused on speed/intensity of activities (rather than, slowed down over time, but!