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Concern with the state of theory in gerontology has led to growing interest in biography and in ordinary theorising about age. This article analyses two published volumes of letters in order to identify how the experience of ageing is interpreted and theorised in process rather than retrospectively. They provide evidence of a degree of complex theorising which is relevant to a more critical understanding of ageing as a social phenomenon. Gender is found to be highly pertinent, not least in the editorial processing of such biographical material.

These two volumes between them include 30 papers that were presented at two gatherings: a conference on 'Images of Aging' held at Trent University, Canada, in May 1992, and an [...]

These two volumes between them include 30 papers that were presented at two gatherings: a conference on 'Images of Aging' held at Trent University, Canada, in May 1992, and an [...]

Over the last ten years or so a number of local initiatives have been launched within the health and social services to assist older people from the ethnic minorities. This [...]

This is a complex but concise and well-organised book, an important contribution to the development of productive links between sociology and gerontology. Arber and Ginn begin with the claim that [...]

Thomas Cole has produced a book which focuses upon the ideals of ageing that were dominant in middle-class America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His thesis is organised [...]

'I think I will retire early tonight.' The announcement has a voluntary and self-deterministic air to it, but do we choose how we schedule our day and how it varies [...]

Concern with the state of theory in gerontology has led to growing interest in biography and in ordinary theorising about age. This article analyses two published volumes of letters in order to identify how the experience of ageing is interpreted and theorised in process rather than retrospectively. They provide evidence of a degree of complex theorising which is relevant to a more critical understanding of ageing as a social phenomenon. Gender is found to be highly pertinent, not least in the editorial processing of such biographical material. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]