Leisure in Later Life
von: Tania Wiseman
Palgrave Macmillan, 2021
ISBN: 9783030716721
Sprache: Englisch
247 Seiten, Download: 7665 KB
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| Preface: Clearing the Ground | 7 | ||
| References | 17 | ||
| Acknowledgements | 18 | ||
| Archive Materials | 19 | ||
| Contents | 21 | ||
| List of Figures | 24 | ||
| List of Tables | 25 | ||
| 1 Introduction to a New Ageing Population | 26 | ||
| 1.1 New Ageing Population | 28 | ||
| 1.2 They Do Not Really Plan Old Age, but It Happens Anyway | 31 | ||
| 1.3 Good and Bad Leisure in Later Life | 37 | ||
| 1.4 Active Ageing | 38 | ||
| 1.5 Life Course Perspective | 40 | ||
| References | 46 | ||
| 2 Constraints to Leisure in a Healthy Later Life | 54 | ||
| 2.1 Development of Leisure Constraints Research | 55 | ||
| 2.2 Leisure Constraints in Later Life Research | 58 | ||
| 2.3 Culture in Leisure Constraints Research | 68 | ||
| 2.4 Conclusions | 70 | ||
| References | 72 | ||
| 3 Investigating Private Leisure Lives | 80 | ||
| 3.1 Narrative Inquiry | 82 | ||
| 3.2 Reflexivity | 87 | ||
| 3.3 Sustainable Research Methods | 92 | ||
| 3.4 The Mass Observation Archive | 97 | ||
| 3.5 Respecting the Genesis of the Data | 103 | ||
| 3.6 Strengths and Limitations of the Mass Observation Archive as the Resource for This Research | 106 | ||
| 3.7 Ethical Considerations | 117 | ||
| References | 120 | ||
| 4 Navigating Archives, Going Native and Falling in Love with 26 New People | 130 | ||
| 4.1 Choosing Suitable Materials to Analyse | 132 | ||
| 4.2 Participant Selection | 135 | ||
| 4.3 Introducing the Correspondents | 140 | ||
| 4.4 Getting to Know Them a Little Better | 144 | ||
| 4.4.1 Overview | 144 | ||
| 4.5 Thematic Analysis of Narrative | 150 | ||
| References | 159 | ||
| 5 Negotiating Leisure Lives in a Culture of Active Ageing | 163 | ||
| 5.1 Windows on the World | 165 | ||
| 5.1.1 A Pleasant Couple of Hours in Good Company | 172 | ||
| 5.1.2 Other People’s Fun | 177 | ||
| 5.1.3 Reminiscence Was a Joy | 180 | ||
| 5.1.3.1 I Was Honoured | 181 | ||
| 5.2 No Great Virtue in All This Active Ageing | 186 | ||
| 5.3 His Lordship Goes off to Work | 190 | ||
| 5.3.1 A Balance Is Struck | 190 | ||
| 5.3.2 Discord as Work Trumps Leisure | 192 | ||
| 5.4 Other Old People: ‘Active Wife’ to ‘Intrepid Courageous Lady’ | 196 | ||
| 5.5 A Social Thesis of Leisure in Later Life | 198 | ||
| References | 199 | ||
| 6 Freedom and Belonging in Everyday Leisure Lives | 201 | ||
| 6.1 The Correspondents | 204 | ||
| 6.2 Windows on the World | 205 | ||
| 6.3 A Pleasant Couple of Hours in Good Company | 207 | ||
| 6.4 Other People’s Fun | 210 | ||
| 6.5 Reminiscence Was a Joy | 211 | ||
| 6.6 I Was Honoured | 212 | ||
| 6.7 No Great Virtue in All This Active Ageing | 214 | ||
| 6.8 Active Ageing | 217 | ||
| 6.9 Impact of Health Promotion on Health Advice | 218 | ||
| 6.10 Work and Leisure | 220 | ||
| 6.11 Disengagement and Active Ageing | 222 | ||
| References | 225 | ||
| 7 A Social Thesis of Leisure | 233 | ||
| 7.1 Findings | 235 | ||
| 7.1.1 Windows on the World | 236 | ||
| 7.1.2 No Great Virtue… | 236 | ||
| 7.1.3 His Lordship Goes Off to Work | 237 | ||
| 7.1.4 Other Old People | 237 | ||
| 7.2 Analytical Findings | 237 | ||
| 7.3 Contribution to Knowledge | 240 | ||
| 7.4 Plans for Further Research | 243 | ||
| 7.5 Further Research Suggestions | 243 | ||
| References | 244 | ||
| Index | 246 |