Soul Pain: The Meaning of Suffering in Later Life: Society and Aging Series
Autor Helen Blacken Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 aug 2018
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780415784269
ISBN-10: 0415784263
Pagini: 316
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.58 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Society and Aging Series
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0415784263
Pagini: 316
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.58 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Society and Aging Series
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Professional Practice & DevelopmentCuprins
Chapter 1
Introduces the subject of age and suffering. It reports on the literature from several disciplines regarding suffering.
Chapter 2
Introduces cases to illustrate suffering as a form of cultural communication that is spoken through the body, through identity, and through narrative.
Chapter 3
Explores how gender shapes informants' experience of suffering, the way suffering is expressed, and discussion about it in the process of the interview.
Chapter 4
Acknowledges that embodied pain is a significant component in the experience of suffering in later life.
Chapter 5
Explores social suffering because even private, individual experiences of suffering occur in a social milieu.
Chapter 6
Uses cases to examine the uniqueness with which each informant coped with suffering.
Chapter 7
Discusses the morality imputed to the experience of suffering. In part, this morality is revealed through the causes respondents attribute to their suffering.
Chapter 8
Examines three often-used metaphors for suffering. They are: suffering as a threat or attack, suffering as injustice, and suffering as loss.
Chapter 9
Talks about the activity of suffering. Activities give compensatory meaning to an elder's life. An important activity of suffering is to tell an engaged listener a story about it.
Chapter 10
Is the conclusion of the book. It asks the question: Who is the self that suffers?
Introduces the subject of age and suffering. It reports on the literature from several disciplines regarding suffering.
Chapter 2
Introduces cases to illustrate suffering as a form of cultural communication that is spoken through the body, through identity, and through narrative.
Chapter 3
Explores how gender shapes informants' experience of suffering, the way suffering is expressed, and discussion about it in the process of the interview.
Chapter 4
Acknowledges that embodied pain is a significant component in the experience of suffering in later life.
Chapter 5
Explores social suffering because even private, individual experiences of suffering occur in a social milieu.
Chapter 6
Uses cases to examine the uniqueness with which each informant coped with suffering.
Chapter 7
Discusses the morality imputed to the experience of suffering. In part, this morality is revealed through the causes respondents attribute to their suffering.
Chapter 8
Examines three often-used metaphors for suffering. They are: suffering as a threat or attack, suffering as injustice, and suffering as loss.
Chapter 9
Talks about the activity of suffering. Activities give compensatory meaning to an elder's life. An important activity of suffering is to tell an engaged listener a story about it.
Chapter 10
Is the conclusion of the book. It asks the question: Who is the self that suffers?
Descriere
Older adults suffer from a variety of causes such as illness, loss, and life disappointment, to name a few. Suffering also occurs due to experiences related to one's gender, ethnic background, and religion. This book explores the multifaceted experience of suffering in old age.