Name: Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well
Price: 190.04 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Corwin, Anna I.
ISBN: 9781978822283

portada Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well

Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well

Type

Physical Book

Author

Anna I. Corwin

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Language

English

Pages

202

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781978822283

Synopsis "Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well"

Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well examines a community of individuals whose aging trajectories contrast mainstream American experiences. In mainstream American society, aging is presented as a "problem," a state to be avoided as long as possible, a state that threatens one's ability to maintain independence, autonomy, control over one's surroundings. Aging "well" (or avoiding aging) has become a twenty-first century American preoccupation. Embracing Age provides a window into the everyday lives of American Catholic nuns who experience longevity and remarkable health and well-being at the end of life. Catholic nuns aren't only healthier in older age, they are healthier because they practice a culture of acceptance and grace around aging. Embracing Age demonstrates how aging in the convent becomes understood by the nuns to be a natural part of the life course, not one to be feared or avoided. Anna I. Corwin shows readers how Catholic nuns create a cultural community that provides a model for how to grow old, decline, and die that is both embedded in American culture and quite distinct from other American models. Instructor's Guide is available at no cost (https: //d3tto5i5w9ogdd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/26120146/corwin_instructor_guide_final.pdf). Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License: https: //creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Download open access ebook here.

Customers reviews

Have you read this book? Login to add your review.

More customer reviews

0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)

Questions and Answers about the Book

Do you have a question about the book? Login to be able to add your own question.

Opinions about Bookdelivery

More customer reviews

Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well - Corwin, Anna I.

Synopsis "Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well"

Customers reviews

Frequently Asked Questions about the Book

Is the book original?

In what language is the book written?

What is the format of this book?

Questions and Answers about the Book

Opinions about Bookdelivery