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Review: Collaborative Autoethnography (Chang, Heewon, Faith Wambura Ngunjiri, and Kathy-Ann C. Hernandez)

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Chang, Heewon, Faith Wambura Ngunjiri, and Kathy-Ann C. Hernandez. Collaborative Autoethnography. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press. 2013. ISBN 978-1-59874-556-6 200 pp. Price $34.95 (paper) Heewon Chang, Faith Wambura Ngunjiri, and Kathy-Ann Hernandez have collaborated to produce Collaborative Autoethnography. Coll-aborative Autoethnography (CAE) is a further elaboration of Autoethnography (AE). Researchers in both approaches see themselves …

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Review: Transitions & Transformations: Cultural Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course (Lynch, Caitrin & Danely, Jason, Eds.)

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Lynch, Caitrin & Danely, Jason, Eds. Transitions & Transformation: Cultural Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. 2013. ISBN978-0-85745-778-3 272 pp Price $95.00/£60.00 (Hardback) Transitions & Transformation: Cultural Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course, officially launches Berghahn Books new book series, entitled Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations …

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Heterotopia and Illness: Older women and Hypertension in a Brazilian Favela- Annette Leibing

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Heterotopia and Illness: Older women and Hypertension in a Brazilian Favela Annette Leibing, PhD Professor of Medical Anthropology Faculty of Nursing Université de Montreal Download full PDF of this article FREE here: AAQ34(4)AL This article is about older women and the way hypertension is linked to their life in a favela, a “shantytown”, in Rio …

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Aging, Gender and Sexuality in Brazilian Society- Guita Grin Debert

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Aging, Gender and Sexuality in Brazilian Society Guita Grin Debert, PhD Full Professor, Department of Anthropology Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences Universidade Estadual de Campinas Download full PDF Free here:AAQ34(4)GD Abstract Drawing on the interplay between gender, aging, and sexuality, the aim of this article is twofold: (1) to show how Brazilian gerontologists treat …

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Surgery-for-Life: Aging, Sexual Fitness and Self-Management in Brazil – Alexander Edmonds

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Surgery-for-Life: Aging, Sexual Fitness and Self-Management in Brazil Alexander Edmonds Professor of Social and Medical Anthropology University of Edinburgh aedmonds@exseed.ed.ac.uk Download full PDF of this article for free here AAQ34(4)AE Abstract This article draws on ethnographic fieldwork on plastic surgery to explore tensions in aging norms and ideals for women in Brazil. I situate my …

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Review: Health Promotion and Aging: Practical Application for Health Professionals (David Haber)

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Haber, David. Health Promotion and Aging: Practical Application for Health Professionals. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company. 2013. ISBN978-0-8261-9917-1, 536 pp. Price $90 (Paper) Dr. Haber’s text delivers exactly what the title says and more. Like most books on aging, this book begins with a demographic perspective of aging in the Unites States. It then …

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Review: Gray Panthers (Roger Sanjek)

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Sanjek, Roger. Gray Panthers. University of Pennsylvania Press. 320 pp.Cloth 2009 ISBN 978-0-8122-4137-2 , $65.00; Paper 2011, ISBN 978-0-8122-2191-6 $26.50; Ebook 2011, ISBN 978-0-8122-0351-6,$26.50 Studies of elder activism are rare indeed. Much more so the kind of rich and detailed account which veteran anthropologist and activist Roger Sanjek offers us here. Gray Panthers has much …

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Review: Elder Care Catastrophe: Rituals of Abuse in Nursing Homes & What You Can Do About It (Jason S. Ulsperger and J. David Knottnerus)

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Ulsperger, Jason S. and Knottnerus, J. David. Elder Care Catastrophe: Rituals of Abuse in Nursing Homes & What You Can Do About It. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Press. 2011. ISBN 9781594519079, 222 pp. Price $ 28.95 (Paper). As the population rapidly ages and people are living longer, today’s Boomers are faced with the complex decision of …

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AAQ Volume 34 Issue 4 (April 2014) – Aging, Sex, and Well-Being in Brazil, edited by Annette Leibing

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DOWNLOAD full version PDF for free here:AAQ34(4)full Anthropology & Aging Quarterly, Volume 34, Issue 4 Note from the Editor-in-Chief ARTICLES Group Submission: Aging, Sex, and Well-Being in Brazil, edited by Annette Leibing Heterotopia and Illness: Older women and Hypertension in a Brazilian Favela Annette Leibing, Université de Montreal Aging, Gender and Sexuality in Brazilian Society …

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Portfolio: Argentine Tango: Social dance health ‘to’ you, text and photos Jonathan Skinner

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Anthropology & Aging Quarterly Volume 34, issue 4 (April 2014) pp.260-263 Argentine Tango: social dance health ‘to’ you Download as PDF: AAQ34(4)portfolio These three photos evoke the plaint of life. They are a static portrait of Argentine tango dancers mid-movement. This is life and action frozen and memorialized from a long-awaited Christmas party in Belfast, …

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Note from the Editor-in-Chief

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Download this note as a pdf here AAQ34(4)Danely_notefromeditor As Editor-in-Chief of Anthropology & Aging Quarterly, I am proud to announce that our journal has finally completed preparation to take the bold step into the world of open-access digital publishing. Beginning with Volume 35 (the next issue), Anthropology & Aging Quarterly will be published by University …

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Retirement Abroad as Women’s Aging Strategy – Liesl Gambold

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Retirement Abroad as Women’s Aging Strategy Liesl Gambold, Ph.D. Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University Download full PDF here:AAQ34(2)GAMBOLD Abstract Understanding the culture and lifestyle choices of retirees has never been so crucial. The aging baby boom population bubble means that by 2030 eighteen percent of the U.S. will be 65 or over. …

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