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Activist Pensioners, a Contradiction in Terms? Argentina’s Jubilados – Lindsay DuBois

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Activist Pensioners, a Contradiction in Terms? Argentina’s Jubilados Lindsay DuBois, Ph.D. Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University Download full PDF here:AAQ34(2)DUBOIS Abstract Why does it seem unlikely that retirees should be political activists?  What does that reaction say about our understandings of retirement and of activism?  This article examines the experience of a […]

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Challenging Marginalization at the Universities of the Third Age in Poland – Jessica C. Robbins-Ruszkowski

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Challenging Marginalization at the Universities of the Third Age in Poland Jessica C. Robbins-Ruszkowski, Ph.D. Woodrow Wilson Internation Center for Scholars Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, University of Michigan Download full PDF here:AAQ34(2)JCRR Abstract Older people in Poland often describe and experience old age as a time in the life course marked by discrimination and

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No Peace in the House: Witchcraft Accusations as an “Old Woman’s Problem” in Ghana – Alexandra Crampton

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No Peace in the House: Witchcraft Accusations as an “Old Woman’s Problem” in Ghana Alexandra Crampton, Ph.D. Department of Social and Cultural Sciences, Marquette University Download full PDF here:AAQ34(2)CRAMPTON Abstract In Ghana, older women may be marginalized, abused, and even killed as witches.  Media accounts imply this is common practice, mainly through stories of “witches

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Anthropology & Aging Quarterly Volume 34, issue 3 (September 2013) pp.135-140 Fascinating Wisdom: “The Solon Senior Project” Judy Takács, Painter Download full high quality printable PDF here: AAQ34(3)TAKACS-hires If the delicious signs of aging were considered fascinating and revered in our culture, how would they be honored in art? What if every pucker and fold

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The Familial Dyad between Aged Patients and Filipina Caregivers in Israel

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Anthropology & Aging Quarterly Volume 34, issue 3 (September 2013) pp.126-134 The Familial Dyad between Aged Patients and Filipina Caregivers in Israel: Eldercare, Bodily-based Practices, and the Jewish Family Keren Mazuz Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Download full PDF here: AAQ34(3)MAZUZ Abstract As the population in the US ages, there

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The Uncertain Bodies and Spaces of Aging in Place

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Anthropology & Aging Quarterly Volume 34, issue 3 (September 2013) pp.113-125 The Uncertain Bodies and Spaces of Aging in Place Lauren Penney School of Anthropology, University of Arizona Download full PDF here: AAQ34(3)PENNEY Abstract In the United States, “aging in place” has been established as the preferred method of aging. This article examines the work,

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Population Aging as the Social Body in Representation and Real Life

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Anthropology & Aging Quarterly Volume 34, issue 3 (September 2013) pp.100-112 Population Aging as the Social Body in Representation and Real Life Alexandra Crampton Department of Social and Cultural Sciences, Marquette University Download full PDF here: AAQ34(3)CRAMPTON Abstract This article uses three levels of body analysis as presented by Nancy Scheper-Hughes and Margaret Lock to

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Active Aging: Hiking, Health, and Healing

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Anthropology & Aging Quarterly Volume 34, issue 3 (September 2013) pp.87-99 Active Aging: Hiking, Health, and Healing Rodney Steadman, Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta Candace I.J. Nykiforuk, Centre for Health Promotion Studies, School of Public Health, University of Alberta Helen Vallianatos, Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta Download full PDF here: AAQ34(3)STEADMAN Abstract This

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AAQ Volume 34 issue 3, Special Issue on the Body, September 2013

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AAQ 34(3) SEPTEMBER 2013 Editor’s Introduction to the issue: the Aging Body Jason Danely COMMENTARY From Being to Ontogenetic Becoming: Commentary on Analytics of the Aging Body Ender Ricart, University of Chicago Discussion Katrina L. Moore, University of New South Wales, Australia Athena C. McLean, Central Michigan University ARTICLES Postmenopausal Health and Disease from the

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AAQ Volume 34 Issue 1, March 2013

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(**click the image on the right to download the full issue) CONTENTS Mobile Midwesterners: The Impact of Migration on Aging, Health, and Community Matthew Dalstrom, Rockford College   Social Dance for Successful Aging: Models for Health, Happiness, and Social Inclusion amongst Senior Citizens Jonathan Skinner, Queen’s University, Belfast   Portfolio:  Winter Fires  (large file) Mik

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