Technogenarians (PDF)
Studying Health and Illness Through an Ageing, Science, and Technology Lens
(Sprache: Englisch)
Technogenarians investigates the older person?s experiences
of health, illness, science, and technology. It presents a greater
theoretical and empirical understanding of the biomedical aspects
of aging bodies, minds, and emotions, and the rise...
of health, illness, science, and technology. It presents a greater
theoretical and empirical understanding of the biomedical aspects
of aging bodies, minds, and emotions, and the rise...
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Technogenarians investigates the older person?s experiences
of health, illness, science, and technology. It presents a greater
theoretical and empirical understanding of the biomedical aspects
of aging bodies, minds, and emotions, and the rise of
gerontechnology industries and professions--.
* A unique scholarly investigation into elders as technology
users
* Emphasizes the need to put aging, science, and technology in
the center of analyses of health and illness
* Explores the rise of gerontechnology industries and
professions-
* Offers a critical study of the transformation of aging bodies,
minds, and emotions into medical problems in need of medical
solutions
* Combines two scholarly areas - Science and Technology Studies
and the Sociology of Aging, Health, and Illness - to produce
innovative scholarship
of health, illness, science, and technology. It presents a greater
theoretical and empirical understanding of the biomedical aspects
of aging bodies, minds, and emotions, and the rise of
gerontechnology industries and professions--.
* A unique scholarly investigation into elders as technology
users
* Emphasizes the need to put aging, science, and technology in
the center of analyses of health and illness
* Explores the rise of gerontechnology industries and
professions-
* Offers a critical study of the transformation of aging bodies,
minds, and emotions into medical problems in need of medical
solutions
* Combines two scholarly areas - Science and Technology Studies
and the Sociology of Aging, Health, and Illness - to produce
innovative scholarship
Autoren-Porträt
Kelly Joyce is Associate Professor of Sociology at theCollege of William and Mary. Her research on technology, science,
and health has been published in Science as Culture,
Social Studies of Science, and other academic journals. Dr
Joyce's book Magnetic Appeal: MRI and the Myth of
Transparency (2008) offers a sociological exploration of
magnetic resonance imaging technology. Her current research
examines medical knowledge about, and the experiences of people who
live with, autoimmune illnesses.
Meika Loe is Associate Professor of Sociology and
Women's Studies at Colgate University in New York. Her
critical scholarship on culture, age, medicine, technology, and
gender has appeared in a range of academic journals including
Contexts, Gender & Society, Feminism &
Psychology, Symbolic Interaction, Sexualities,
and Sociological Inquiry. She is the author of The Rise
of Viagra: How the Little Blue Pill Changed Sex in America
(2004), and a forthcoming book on the oldest old in America.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2010, 1. Auflage, 192 Seiten, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Kelly Joyce, Meika Loe
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 1444391534
- ISBN-13: 9781444391534
- Erscheinungsdatum: 13.08.2010
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