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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Fall 2018 |
Registration ID | ANTHH223A001 |
Course Title | Old Age in the Modern Age |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Anthropology |
Instructor | Snyder,Terry |
Times and Days | TTh 08:30am-10:00am
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Room Location | ROB7 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2132 This course provides a survey on the history of aging in the United States from the seventeenth through the twentieth century. The class will examine broad consideration of aging through lenses of historical, community, and care perspectives. It will begin with introductory context of age inventions regarding childhood, adolescence and middle age/mid-life. We will look at shifting theories and attitudes on age. We will examine issues of demographics and poverty among the elderly, as well as health care and social assistance programs. Further investigation on the impact or roles of race, ethnicity and religion will be considered. We will explore the influence of industrialization, retirement, and experience in shaping ideas of age and the lived experience. Finally, we will examine these ideas on aging through a close reading of historical case studies of past and current Philadelphia CCRC’s (Continuing Care and Retirement Communities). Social Science, B: Analysis of the Social World, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (Hav: SO, B, A) |
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