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Successful Sexual Aging: A Feminist Gerontological Examination Of Sexual Behavior And Health, Christina Barmon
Successful Sexual Aging: A Feminist Gerontological Examination Of Sexual Behavior And Health, Christina Barmon
Sociology Dissertations
As gerontology has shifted from emphasizing the problems of aging to exploring how older adults can thrive, researchers have increased their attention on new issues including sexuality and aging. A sometimes explicit, but often implicit assumption in this research, is that sex is good for you—that it is an integral part of a full and healthy life or successful aging. Although successful aging is one of the most commonly cited theories in social gerontology (Alley et al. 2010), it has not gone without criticism (Martinson and Berridge 2014). Using an unrefined successful aging framework for sex research has the potential …
Identity Work For "Boomer" Professionals: Career Transition In The Restructured Economy, George James Baird
Identity Work For "Boomer" Professionals: Career Transition In The Restructured Economy, George James Baird
Sociology Dissertations
I conducted a qualitative study, interviewing thirty-three workers from the baby-boomer generation, with an objective of examining the intersection of aging and economic restructuring for boomer professionals. Participants’ careers had been impacted by the restructured economy at a point after they reached the age of forty. I applied an identity theory framework that emphasized meanings associated with growing older in the workforce, changes in the economy, self-meanings, and behavior in the restructured workplace. My focus also included process and questions of structure and agency. I used grounded theory methods to provide theory that explains the experience of transitioning from an …
The Impact Of Rural-Urban Migration On Familial Elder Care In Rural China, Baozhen Luo
The Impact Of Rural-Urban Migration On Familial Elder Care In Rural China, Baozhen Luo
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Mass rural-urban migration and population aging are occurring simultaneously at a rapid speed in contemporary China. Tens of millions of rural young laborers have been migrating to urban areas to meet the demand for cheap labor, whereas large numbers of elderly parents (the Chinese baby boomers) are left behind in the impoverished villages. Consequently, adult children are becoming more and more unavailable to fulfill their elder care responsibilities. This study took a systematic look at how the increasing rural-urban migration shaped the elder care practices in rural Chinese families and how rural elders respond and adapt to this social transformation. …