Unmasking Age: The Significance of Age for Social ResearchWhat is age? A simple question but not that easy to answer. 'Unmasking Age' addresses it using data from a series of research projects relating to later life. This is supplemented by material from a range of other sources including diaries and fiction. Drawing on a long career in social research, Bill Bytheway critically examines various methods and discusses ways of uncovering the realities of age. |
Contents
1 Introducing age | 1 |
2 Researching age | 23 |
3 Age and time | 51 |
4 Representations of age | 75 |
5 Growing older in an ageing body | 91 |
6 Being older | 117 |
7 A great age | 137 |
8 The ageing population | 163 |
9 Gerontologists and older people | 187 |
10 Getting real | 207 |
Postscript | 217 |
Notes | 221 |
Appendix | 223 |
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