Synopses & Reviews
Constructing the Life Course offers a social constructionist perspective on personal experience through time. The text shows the variety of ways people use life course imagery in their everyday lives and makes a useful addition to family studies or gerontology courses.
Table of Contents
- Perspectives on the Life Course
- The Constructionist Approach
- Typifying Life Change
- Predicting Futures
- Constructing Competence
- Biographical Work
- Re-envisioning the Life Course