Worlds of Difference: Inequality in the Aging ExperienceThis collection of readings presents a variety of perspectives on ageing from different communities across the United States: Native American, Puerto Rican, African American, the elderly homeless, white working class, gay and Mexican amongst many others. The readings cover topics such as: life course; social and psychological contexts of ageing; paid and unpaid activity; the American family; and health. |
Contents
PART I | 15 |
Arrival at Manzanar | 40 |
In Search of Our Mothers Gardens Alice Walker | 48 |
Seeker of Visions | 54 |
The World of Our Grandmothers Connie Young | 62 |
PART II | 73 |
After Sixty Marilyn Zuckerman | 89 |
How It Feels to Be Colored Me Zora Neale Hurston | 95 |
Expanding the Definition of Productivity in Old Age | 123 |
Mike LeFevre Studs Terkel | 149 |
The Day the Crows Stopped Talking Harvest Moon Eyes | 176 |
Native American Perspectives | 249 |
Growing Up With and Without My | 260 |
On Aging Maya Angelou | 287 |
A Place for Mother Joanne Seltzer | 294 |
The accumulation of advantage across the life course provided this | 114 |
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