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Powell, Jason L., 1971-

Social welfare, aging, and social theory / Jason L. Powell and John Martyn Chamberlain. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012. - vi, 185 p. ; 24 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Social theory and aging. c2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The relationship of social theory and aging : a critical exegesis -- From galen to the clinic : the birth of biomedicine -- Occidental modernity, the biomedical gaze, and aging -- Theorizing aging : critical explorations of modernist sociological approaches -- Postmodernism, culture, and the aging body -- The "Foucault effect" and aging : relations of power, surveillance and governmentality -- Aging in the "risk society" -- Narrative and aging -- Reconstructions of aging: the case of global aging -- Conclusion: reconstructions of aging.

ISBN: 9780739147771 (cloth : alk. paper) 0739147773 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780739147788 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0739147781 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2011030971

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gerontology--Philosophy.
Aging.
Postmodernism.

LC Class. No.: HQ1061 / P684 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 305.2601