Towards the Postmodernization of Aging: The Body and Social Theory |
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Authors: | Jason L. Powell Charles F. Longino Jr. |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Education, Community and Social Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK;(2) Reynolda Gerontology Program, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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Abstract: | This article reviews the significance of postmodernism as applied to understanding social gerontology. We begin by looking at the disciplinary dominance of biomedical models to understanding bodily change through later life. We then move our analysis to the lack of theoretical models within social gerontology which have not attempted to analyze or develop social explanations of the body. The article introduces the concept of postmodernism and reviews the work of major theorists who have impacted postmodern gerontology. We conclude by arguing for an interface between social theory and social gerontology by drawing on recent examples of the mask of aging thesis, biotechnologies, and new technologies that impact aging identity and understanding the self. |
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Keywords: | aging body biomedicine postmodernism mask of aging |
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