Age coding: On age-based practices of distinction
In this article I discuss how conceptions of age create individuals’ subjective experiences of old age. I introduce the concept of age coding and argue that it should be understood as referring to practices of distinction that are based on and preserve representations of actions, phenomena, and cha...
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| Language: | English |
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Linköping University Electronic Press
2010-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Ageing and Later Life |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.ep.liu.se/IJAL/article/view/1189 |