The exploration of what May Sarton calls the »foreign country of old age« usually does not go far beyond the familiar: the focus of aging studies has thus far clearly rested upon North America and Western Europe. This multi-disciplinary essay collection critically examines conditions and representations of old age and aging in Eastern and Southeastern Europe from various perspectives of the humanities and social sciences. By shedding light on these culturally specific contexts, the contributions widen our understanding of the aging process in all its diversity and demonstrate that a shift in perspectives might in fact challenge a number of taken-for-granted positions and presumptions of aging studies.
Co-Residence of Elderly Persons with Children and Grandchildren in Eastern and Southeast Europe No access Pages 51 - 70
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"University Elders,"Young Professors" and Students_A Generational Approach to the History of Higher Education in Russia in the Late 19th Century_71_90__Saburova, Tatiana{0000027038} No access Pages 71 - 90
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Changes in Soviet Academia''s Age-Related Personnel Policies during the Cold War No access Pages 91 - 108
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No Country for Old People No access Pages 111 - 126
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Meanings of Getting Old in Post-Transition Serbia No access Pages 127 - 148
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On Nearness and Distance No access Pages 149 - 178
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The Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Family Communication No access Pages 179 - 206
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The Elderly in Russia No access Pages 207 - 232
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Aging in Soviet Utopian and Dystopian Literature No access Pages 235 - 252
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Ageless, Vital, Immortal No access Pages 253 - 270
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Noticing Signs and Stereotypes of Aging No access Pages 271 - 290
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Does Genre Matter? No access Pages 291 - 310
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Traumatic Aging in Borisav Stanković and Miloš Crnjanski No access Pages 311 - 334
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The Dark Past of Family No access Pages 335 - 356
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The Hag and the Egg No access Pages 357 - 370
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Commemorating Russia''s Great Old Women No access Pages 371 - 378
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Contributors No access Pages 379 - 390
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