Chasing Independence (Paperback)

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Editorial: Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 2026

0691253145 / 9780691253145

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Paperback. How independence works as an unquestioned ideal for aging in Americaand why it is never quite realizedIn twenty-first-century America, as people live longer than ever before, its taken for granted that older adults should be active and self-reliant. News stories describe nonagenarians who run marathons, reality shows feature attractive older women competing for the love of a widowed bachelor, and policymakers encourage aging "in place rather than in a nursing home. In Chasing Independence, Guillermina Altomonte turns a critical eye on these expectations and asks what happens when independence becomes the yardstick by which we measure the quality of old age. Drawing on ethnographic observations in a skilled nursing facility in New York City, interviews with older adults and healthcare workers, and historical materials, she shows how independence operates as an unquestioned standard for medical assessments, allocation of services, and even as a way to determine an older persons identity and self-worth.Despite the elevation of independence as the dominant ideal of aging, Altomonte reports, it is always a moving target, redefined and pushed out of reach by individual, economic, and social constraints. She examines the immense effort that older people, their families, and healthcare workers invest as they chase independenceand what happens when those efforts fall short. Exploring the conundrums and dramas, the meanings and connections that older people experience in the relentless struggle to maintain independence, Altomonte shows that the American obsession with this cultural value often obscures real needs for support and care. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Título
Chasing Independence (Paperback)
Autor
Guillermina Altomonte
Editorial
Princeton University Press, New Jersey
Año de publicación
2026
Estado
new
Encuadernación
Paperback
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0691253145
ISBN 13
9780691253145

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