HLTHAGE 2BB3 Lecture : Lecture 1 Health age 2J03.docx
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What do you think she means by this statement: old bodies are a burden on our society, communicates a sign on weakness, course pack pg 73. Faircloth different bodies and the paradox of aging. Gilleard & higgs ageing and its embodiment. Gubrium & holstein the everyday visibility of the aging body. Discuss what embodiment is and why studying aging embodiment is important (calasanti, Consider why the aging body has been ignored in gerontological scholarship (calasanti, Ways to theorize the aging body and limitations of different perspectives (all authors) Identify different types or categories of bodies (faircloth, gish, gubrium & holstein) Discuss the everyday reality/visibility of the body (faircloth, gubrium & holstein) Draw connections between embodiment and the anti-aging industry (calasanti, gilleard & Implications of ageism for embodiment (calasanti, gilleard & higgs) The ways in which bodily (or corporeal) processes are intertwined with and molded by social processes- social condition in later life (retirement, poverty, widowhood)