Disciplining Old Age: The Formation of Gerontological Knowledge / Edition 1

by Stephen Katz

Overview

In Disciplining Old Age Stephen Katz gives us a sophisticated and theoretically rigorous approach to what gerentology does. He deftly and subtly combines the theories of Foucault, Bourdieu, and the Althusser in his analysis of what he calls the "gerontological web."

Katz explores how political and social sciences have differentiated the elderly as a special kind of population characterized in negative terms, and he examines the literature of the discipline and shows how gerontology as built itself as a discipline through its journals, associations, funding agencies, and "schools of thought."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813916620
Publisher:	University of Virginia Press
Publication date:	06/29/1996
Series:	Knowledge Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	209
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Stephen Katz is Associate Professor of Sociology at Trent University, Canada. He is the author of Marxism, Africa and Social Class: A Critique of Relevant Theories.

Editorial Reviews

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