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Managing change in old age : the control of meaning in an institutional setting / Haim Hazan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY series in anthropology and Judaic studiesPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, �1992.Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 182 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585057400
  • 9780585057408
  • 9780791410639
  • 0791410633
  • 9780791410646
  • 0791410641
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Managing change in old age.DDC classification:
  • 305.26/09 20
LOC classification:
  • HQ1064.I7 H39 1992eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- On Managing Change in Old Age -- 1. The Setting -- 2. Spheres of Relevance -- 3. Fields of Control -- 4. The Discussion Group -- 5. The Handicrafts Group -- 6. The Synagogue Group -- 7. Conclusion: Managing Change -- A Synchronic Perspective -- Postscript: Accounts and Accountability -- Reporting Old Age.
Summary: Annotation Hazan (sociology and anthropology, Tel-Aviv U.) illuminates aspects of the existential experience of elderly retirees, through an ethnographic study of an old-age home in Israel. Among his themes are the micropolitics of control, the tension between diminishing resources and the goal of sustaining long-term meaning, and the distinctive features of the Israeli situation. Paper edition (unseen) $14.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179) and index.

Print version record.

Introduction -- On Managing Change in Old Age -- 1. The Setting -- 2. Spheres of Relevance -- 3. Fields of Control -- 4. The Discussion Group -- 5. The Handicrafts Group -- 6. The Synagogue Group -- 7. Conclusion: Managing Change -- A Synchronic Perspective -- Postscript: Accounts and Accountability -- Reporting Old Age.

Annotation Hazan (sociology and anthropology, Tel-Aviv U.) illuminates aspects of the existential experience of elderly retirees, through an ethnographic study of an old-age home in Israel. Among his themes are the micropolitics of control, the tension between diminishing resources and the goal of sustaining long-term meaning, and the distinctive features of the Israeli situation. Paper edition (unseen) $14.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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