Narratives of Positive Aging: Seaside Stories [Hardcover]

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; 1st edition (July 17, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 019991804X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199918041

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In Narratives of Positive Aging, Amia Lieblich presents a qualitative study that explores the life narratives of elderly men and women who engage in practices of positive aging. They belong to a spontaneous community that assembles daily, early in the morning, on a beach near Tel Aviv, Israel. At the seaside, the elders practice various outdoor sports, and converse over coffee at the local cafe.

Based on their narratives, procured by individual open ended interviews, and the author’s participant observation, the book explores the impact of routine, physical activity, and social relationships on successful aging. Lieblich additionally presents an analysis of the tension minimizing discourse adopted at the café and the pleasant bubble like environment it fosters amongst the community members.

Finally, the book debates the adaptive role of narrating one’s life story, and its perceived manifestation of wisdom. A combination of complete life stories and extracts of conversations
recorded on the beach color every chapter. These texts are complimented and elucidated by a variety of academic claims, theories and findings concerning narratives and aging. This book, based on an Israeli field study, may be viewed both as a local case study as well as a lesson relevant to aging everywhere.

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