How Long to Read Gerontology and the Construction of Old Age

How Long Does it Take to Read Gerontology and the Construction of Old Age?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 51 minutes to read Gerontology and the Construction of Old Age by Bryan S. R. Green

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Description

Although attitudes toward the aged and their care are inherent in any society, gerontology itself is a relatively recent field of study and practice. Gerontology and the Construction of Old Age applies the methods of discourse analysis and textual analysis to texts and documents in this newly evolved and eclectic fi eld. Green explores and identifies the literary methods and discursive regularities through which aging and the aged have been made into objects of study and treatment, and which together form a mode of knowledge production that will infl uence future texts in the field. Because such formats of representation limit rational diagnoses of problems and rational courses of ameliorative action, policy implications in the fi eld of gerontology are a major interest of this study. Another interest is methodological. Within the broader constructionist approach to social reality, Green takes the position of "constitutive realism": the notion that social reality is linguistically constructed, primarily in speech and writing. The book's two aims are to describe analytically the fi eld of gerontology. The field is important both for its growing academic presence and for its practical eff ects on discourse and policy concerning old age. It also hopes to help develop possibilities of inquiry associated with the linguistic, literary, and rhetorical turns of social science in recent years. Gerontology and the Construction of Old Age is a substantive investigation, at considerable theoretical depth, of gerontology itself, as well as a methodological treatise with broader implications for social science as it focuses upon the discourse of various professional fi elds. Bryan S. Green is professor emeritus of sociology at York University. He is the author of Knowing the Poor: A Case-Study in Textual Reality Construction and Literary Methods and Sociological Theory. His research interests include the application of textual and discourse analysis to gerontology and the literary construction of policy reports. Roberta R. Greene is the Louis and Ann Wolens Centennial Chair in Gerontology and Social Welfare at the University of Texas at Austin. Robert G. Blundo is professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of North Carolina- Wilmington.

How long is Gerontology and the Construction of Old Age?

Gerontology and the Construction of Old Age by Bryan S. R. Green is 226 pages long, and a total of 57,856 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Gerontology and the Construction of Old Age Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 16 minutes to read Gerontology and the Construction of Old Age aloud.

What Reading Level is Gerontology and the Construction of Old Age?

Gerontology and the Construction of Old Age is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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