Worlds of difference: inequality in the aging experience (Record no. 65077)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 803990995
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Classification number 305.26 STO 2nd ed.
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Personal name Stoller, Eleanor Palo
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Title Worlds of difference: inequality in the aging experience
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Edition statement 2nd ed.
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Pine Forge Press
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1997
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Extent 353p.
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Summary, etc. Worlds of Difference is designed to enhance the inclusiveness of the<br/>undergraduate curriculum in social gerontology. We believe this is<br/>important for two reasons. First, undergraduate students today<br/>represent greater diversity in gender, race, and social class than did<br/>undergraduates in previous decades, and pedagogical research has<br/>demonstrated that students become engaged in curricula that "give<br/>voice" to their experiences. Second, projected increases in diversity<br/>within the elderly population over the coming decades demand that<br/>people working in the field of gerontology be knowledgeable about<br/>the experiences of people of different genders, races, ethnic groups,<br/>and social classes. Designing an inclusive curriculum is not just a<br/>matter of fairness or affirmative action; it is a central component of<br/>educating people to live and work in the twenty-first century<br/>(Moses, 1992).<br/>In preparing the introductory essays and selecting the readings,<br/>we were guided by several principles. First, we believe it is essential<br/>to move beyond conceptions of gender, race, and class as attributes<br/>of individuals that must be controlled statistically or experimentally<br/>J. S. Jackson, 1989). Instead, we conceptualize these categories as<br/>social constructs, as classifications based on social values that<br/>influence identity formation, opportunity structures, and adaptive<br/>resources. We visualize these social constructs as interlocking<br/>hierarchies that create systems of privilege as well as disadvantage.<br/>Too often, the experience of people who are disadvantaged along<br/>one or more hierarchies is contrasted with the experience of the<br/>dominant group, which is presented as the "norm." Supported by<br/>the ideology of a meritocracy, this approach masks the structural<br/>foundations of privilege. Too frequently, it is assumed that only<br/>people of color have "race," that only women have "gender," that<br/>only the poor have "social class," and that only recent immigrants<br/>have "ethnicity" (Higginbotham, 1989). Our emphasis on the<br/>intersections of these multiple systems of inequality is designed<br/>to help students understand that older people can experience<br/>disadvantage along one dimension but privilege along others. As<br/>Margaret Andersen and Patricia Hill Collins (1992) explain, "Race,<br/>class and gender are part of the whole fabric of experience for all<br/>groups, not just women and people of color"
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Aging
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Personal name Gibson, Rose Campbell
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