Author:
Powell, Jason L., 1971-
Imprint:Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2006.
Descriptionxii, 157 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:The relationship of social theory and aging: a critical exegesis -- Modern constructions of aging -- Occidental modernity, the bio-medical gaze and aging -- Theorizing aging: critical explorations of modernist sociological approaches -- Postmodern deconstructions of aging -- Postmodernism, culture and aging body -- The 'foucault effect' and aging: relations of power, surveillance and governmentality -- Aging in the 'risk society' -- Conclusion: reconstructions of aging.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-151) and index.
