Foreign Countries of Old Age East and Southeast European Perspectives on Aging b

Description: Foreign Countries of Old Age East and Southeast European Perspectives on Aging by Oana Ursulesku, Dagmar Gramshammer–hoh This multidisciplinary collection critically examines conditions and representations of old age and aging in Eastern and Southeastern Europe from various perspectives. By shedding light on these culturally specific contexts, it widens our understanding of the aging process in all its diversity and challenges the presumptions of aging studies. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Author Biography Dagmar Gramshammer-Hohl is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Slavic Studies at the University of Graz, Austria. She studied Slavic and Romance Languages, Literatures and Cultures in Graz, Moscow and Rouen and holds two masters and a doctoral degree from the University of Graz. She specializes in literary and cultural studies with a focus on 20th-century Russian literature, gender and age/aging studies. In her PhD thesis (2002) she analyzed representations of womens aging in Russian literature. Her current research project focuses on narratives of homecoming in Russian and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian literature of exile. Dagmar Gramshammer-Hohl was granted the Prof. Paul Petry Award in Aging Studies in 1998; she is an alumna of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and a member of the European Network in Aging Studies (ENAS). In 2011 she was granted the Excellence in Teaching Award of the University of Graz. Oana Hergenröther (PhD) is a researcher at the University of Graz, Austria. Her focus is on literary studies and on plurilingualism in contemporary cultures and societies. Table of Contents Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Preface 9 Introduction 11 Old Age in the Balkans 33 Co-Residence of Elderly Persons with Children and Grandchildren in Eastern and Southeast Europe 51 "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} Changes in Soviet Academias Age-Related Personnel Policies during the Cold War 91 No Country for Old People 111 Meanings of Getting Old in Post-Transition Serbia 127 On Nearness and Distance 149 The Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Family Communication 179 The Elderly in Russia 207 Aging in Soviet Utopian and Dystopian Literature 235 Ageless, Vital, Immortal 253 Noticing Signs and Stereotypes of Aging 271 Does Genre Matter? 291 Traumatic Aging in Borisav Stankovi and Milos Crnjanski 311 The Dark Past of Family 335 The Hag and the Egg 357 Commemorating Russias Great Old Women 371 Contributors 379 Review "Es gelingt dem hier besprochenen Sammelband, das Potential der Aging Studies zu zeigen und mehr Licht auf die einzelnen prägenden Ebenen im Alltag (Geschlecht, sozioökonomische Schicht, Ethnizität, Religion) zu werfen." Snezana Stankovic, Medien und Altern (2022/23) Details ISBN3837645541 Pages 400 Publisher Transcript Verlag ISBN-10 3837645541 ISBN-13 9783837645545 Format Paperback Imprint Transcript Verlag Subtitle East and Southeast European Perspectives on Aging Edited by Oana Ursulesku Short Title Foreign Countries of Old Age Language English Author Dagmar Gramshammer–hoh Year 2021 Country of Publication Germany UK Release Date 2021-01-15 Series Aging Studies Publication Date 2021-12-10 DEWEY 305.260947 Audience Professional & Vocational Alternative 9783839445549 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135750620;

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