Published
Apr 11, 2018Page count
224 pagesISBN
978-1447346623Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Feb 29, 2016Page count
224 pagesISBN
978-1447318774Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Jul 1, 2016Page count
224 pagesISBN
978-1447335153Dimensions
Imprint
Policy PressPublished
Jul 1, 2016Page count
224 pagesISBN
978-1447335160Dimensions
Imprint
Policy PressThis ground-breaking study of the baby boomer generation, who are now entering old age, breaks new ground in ageing research. This post-war cohort has experienced a range of social, cultural, and medical changes in regard to their notions of body, from the introduction of the Pill and the decoupling of sex and procreation to the H-Bomb and Earthrise. Yet, paradoxically, ageing is also universal. This exciting book reflects the intersection of time, ageing, body and identity to give a more nuanced and enlightened understanding of the ageing process.
Dr Naomi Woodspring completed her PhD in 2014 and is now a Research Fellow, University of the West of England as part of the Bristol Ageing Better project. Prior to returning to university as a late life learner, she had her own consulting firm providing sustainable solutions to organisational and community challenges. She also worked as a psychotherapist in a wide variety of settings from managing a community prison project to Native American communities.
Introduction: the curiosity of ageing body, time, and identity;
Kaleidoscopic Sixties;
The appearance of time;
On time;
Body and identity;
The past and present converge;
The future;
Chiasm, the intersection of time, embodiment, and identity;
Time will tell.