Titelangaben
Aspiring in Later Life : Movements Across Time, Space, and Generations.
Hrsg.: Amrith, Megha ; Sakti, Victoria K. ; Sampaio, Dora
New Brunswick
:
Rutgers University Press
,
2023
.
- (Global Perspectives on Aging
)
ISBN 978-1-9788-3040-0
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978830431
Abstract
In our highly interconnected and globalized world, people often pursue their aspirations in multiple places. Yet in public and scholarly debates, aspirations are often seen as the realm of younger, mobile generations, since they are assumed to hold the greatest potential for shaping the future. This volume flips this perspective on its head by exploring how aspirations are constructed from the vantage point of later life, and shows how they are pursued across time, space, and generations. The aspirations of older people are diverse, and relate not only to aging itself but also to planning the next generation's future, preparing an "ideal" retirement, searching for intimacy and self-realization, and confronting death and afterlives. Aspiring in Later Life brings together rich ethnographic cases from different regions of the world, offering original insights into how aspirations shift over the course of life and how they are pursued in contexts of translocal mobility.
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| Publikationsform: | Buch / Monografie |
|---|---|
| Institutionen der Universität: | Research Networks > African Studies Forschungseinrichtungen > Sonderforschungsbereiche, Forschergruppen > EXC 2052 - Africa Multiple: Afrikastudien neu gestalten |
| Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Nein |
| Themengebiete aus DDC: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften |
| Eingestellt am: | 11 Nov 2026 14:03 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 11 Nov 2026 14:03 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/99880 |