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Living and Dying at Murray Manor
A classic text that documents the "work" of everyday life in a nursing home. In 1973 sociologist Jaber F. Gubrium spent several months at a nursing home as a participant-observer. …
Miles to Go
Based on her research and experience with the Rural Elder Outreach Project, Garrett weaves larger issues of ageing in rural America into a series of close-up encounters with …
To Live in the Center of the Moment
This text examines the recent emergence of considerable numbers of autobiographies written by elderly or middle-aged people. By using selected narratives, it demonstrates how these …
Beyond Nostalgia
A study of the ways in which the elderly fashion their memories through personal narrative. It involves the reader in the construction of life stories as a richly rewarding and …