The ambivalent biographic significance of contemporary uncertainty is analysed here in the transition to the elderly life phase. It is a transition which is being prolonged and individualised, as is happening in the other key biographical transition: from youth to adulthood. The meanings and times of traditional life-marker events - retirement, death of parents, children leaving home – are changing; differentiated approaches to living the present and planning the future are emerging. The paper reconstructs the lines of a research path on these themes, developed first with a qualitative survey and, secondly, with a quantitative survey on present-day 50-60 year-olds in Lombardy, in the light of the specificity of the Italian situation.
Facchini, C., & Rampazi, M. (2009). No longer young, not yet old: Biograpghical uncertainty in late-adult temporality. TIME & SOCIETY, 18(2-3), 351-372 [10.1177/0961463X08099949].
Citazione: | Facchini, C., & Rampazi, M. (2009). No longer young, not yet old: Biograpghical uncertainty in late-adult temporality. TIME & SOCIETY, 18(2-3), 351-372 [10.1177/0961463X08099949]. | |
Tipo: | Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico | |
Carattere della pubblicazione: | Scientifica | |
Presenza di un coautore afferente ad Istituzioni straniere: | No | |
Titolo: | No longer young, not yet old: Biograpghical uncertainty in late-adult temporality | |
Autori: | Facchini, C; Rampazi, M | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2009 | |
Lingua: | English | |
Rivista: | TIME & SOCIETY | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0961463X08099949 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su rivista |