Foreign Countries of Old Age

Foreign Countries of Old Age
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Publisher : Transcript Verlag, Roswitha Gost, Sigrid Nokel u. Dr. Karin Werner
Total Pages : 400
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ISBN-10 : 3837645541
ISBN-13 : 9783837645545
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Download or read book Foreign Countries of Old Age written by Dagmar Gramshammer-Hohl and published by Transcript Verlag, Roswitha Gost, Sigrid Nokel u. Dr. Karin Werner. This book was released on 2020-03 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multidisciplinary collection critically examines conditions and representations of old age and aging in Eastern and Southeastern Europe from various perspectives. By shedding light on these culturally specific contexts, it widens our understanding of the aging process in all its diversity and challenges the presumptions of aging studies.


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