Ageing as 'Pathology': The institutional production of care, time and the elderly subject in Stellenbosch

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dc.contributor.authorMyburgh H.
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-18T18:08:17Z
dc.date.available2011-07-18T18:08:17Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionArticle
dc.description.abstractDrawing on careful observations and interviews conducted in two old-age institutions in Stellenbosch, this article critically considers the perception that these institutions fulfil a normal social function. Rather, I show how the very institutions designed to care for the elderly end up producing a discourse that renders old age pathological. The institutions' mediation of the relationship between society and the ageing person is not natural, but instead contributes to an understanding of ageing as social pathology. © South African Sociological Association.
dc.identifier.citationSouth African Review of Sociology
dc.identifier.citation41
dc.identifier.citation2
dc.identifier.issn21528586
dc.identifier.other10.1080/21528586.2010.490373
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/15622
dc.titleAgeing as 'Pathology': The institutional production of care, time and the elderly subject in Stellenbosch
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