{"product_id":"disciplining-old-age-stephen-katz-9780813916620","title":"Disciplining Old Age: The Formation of Gerontological Knowledge","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Disciplining Old Age Stephen Katz gives us a sophisticated and theoretically rigorous approach to what gerentology does. He deftly and subtly combines the theories of Foucault, Bourdieu, and the Althusser in his analysis of what he calls the \"gerontological web.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatz explores how political and social sciences have differentiated the elderly as a special kind of population characterized in negative terms, and he examines the literature of the discipline and shows how gerontology as built itself as a discipline through its journals, associations, funding agencies, and \"schools of thought.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Katz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813916623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813916620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.10w x 0.71d","brand":"Stephen Katz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448981893375,"sku":"9780813916620","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_155cd299-35db-4028-9cd2-7b66b37cfaf6.jpg?v=1777261435","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/disciplining-old-age-stephen-katz-9780813916620","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}