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Stáří v populárně naučné literatuře – interpretativní analýza
Aging in Educational Literature for the Elderly - An Interpretative Analysis
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Abstract Explores the representation of old age in post-1995 educational literature for the elderly published in the Czech Republic. Educational literature covers handbooks that propose individual strategies & recommend a specific lifestyle for old age. The theoretical framework presents aging as an individu... view more
Explores the representation of old age in post-1995 educational literature for the elderly published in the Czech Republic. Educational literature covers handbooks that propose individual strategies & recommend a specific lifestyle for old age. The theoretical framework presents aging as an individual as well as societal experience, which must be understood in a new social & cultural context. The interpretative analysis looks at the themes of general lifestyle, health, & disease, & sexuality on the basis of arguments about the possibility to affect the process of individual aging, emphasizing self-responsibility & health maintenance. Educational literature for elderly people represents a type of social acquisition, which is intended to help people achieve the ideal of a new type of aging.... view less
Classification
Sociology of Education
Free Keywords
Aging; Elderly; Lifestyle; Self Help; Reference Materials; Social Learning; Czech Republic
Document language
Czech
Publication Year
2002
Page/Pages
p. 607-619
Journal
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 38 (2002) 5
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications