Naslov
„Young“ heart in „old“ body – experiences of ageing from older persons´perspective

Autori
Zeman, Zdenko ; Geiger Zeman, Marija

Izvornik
Etnološka tribina : godišnjak Hrvatskog etnološkog društva (0351-1944) 38 (2015), 45; 72-85

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, izvorni znanstveni članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
starenje; kvalitativno istraživanje; subjektivno iskustvo; kronološka dob; subjektivna dob
(ageing; qualitative research; subjective experience; chronological age; subjective age)

Sažetak
Age is a social construct that should be analysed as a flexible, contextual category, while old age is subject to coding and interpreting that create different formal and informal concepts of old age. As a micro-social universe, a home for old and infirm persons functions as socio-cultural framework within which, by analysing the experiences of its beneficiaries, we established the existence of four dominant interpretations of old age: fatalist, affirmative, stoical and relativistic. This work is focused on the authentic voices of old persons and personal experiences of old age and ageing. Contextuality and variability (of the feeling) of age, articulately testified by these experiences, show that perception of old age and feeling of getting old decisively depend on a personal vision and interpretation of the experience, that need not be compatible with the chronological age.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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