RT Book
T1 Embracing age: how Catholic Nuns became models of aging well
T2 Global perspectives on aging
A1 Corwin, Anna I.
LA English
PP New Brunswick
PB Rutgers University Press
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1737275961
AB "Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well examines a community of individuals whose aging trajectories contrast mainstream American experiences. In mainstream American society, aging is presented as a "problem," a state to be avoided as long as possible, a state that threatens one's ability to maintain independence, autonomy, control over one's surroundings. Aging "well" (or avoiding aging) has become a 21st century American preoccupation. Embracing Age provides a window into the everyday lives of American Catholic nuns who experience longevity and remarkable health and well-being at the end of life. Catholic nuns aren't only healthier in older age, they are healthier because they practice a culture of acceptance and grace around aging. Embracing Age demonstrates how aging in the convent becomes understood by the nuns to be a natural part of the life course, not one to be feared or avoided. Anna I. Corwin shows readers how Catholic nuns create a cultural community that provides a model for how to grow old, decline, and die that is both embedded in American culture and quite distinct from other American models"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BV4580
SN 9781978822276
SN 9781978822283
K1 School Sisters of Notre Dame
K1 Monastic And Religious Life Of Women : United States
K1 Aging : Religious aspects : Catholic Church
K1 Aging : United States
K1 Nuns : Religious life