International Journal of Ageing and Later Life (IJAL), Volume 10, No 1 2015

10th anniversary

In the call for papers we emphasized that we ‘‘would like the issue to include personal reflections either on the role of theory as eye-opener in gerontology, the potential of theorizing in our area of research and reflections around specific fields of expertise in gerontology.’’

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.15101

Published: 2015-08-21

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Editorial

Parting Editorial

Lars Andersson

7-8

Articles in a Special Issue

Theorising ageing and the question of a long life: eye openings

Simon Biggs

9-20

Five eye-openers in my life of critical gerontology

Stephen Katz

21-34

Aging worlds in contradiction: gerontological observations in the Mediterranean region

Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz

35-54

Dress and age: the intersection of life and work

Julia Twigg

55-67

Book reviews

Judith A. Sugar, Robert J. Riekse, Henry Holstege and Michael A. Faber (eds.) (2014). Introduction to Aging. A Positive, Interdisciplinary Approach. New York: Springer, 317 pp. ISBN 978 0 8261 0880 7 (paperback)

Shyh Poh Teo

85-87

Garimella Giridhar, K. M. Sathyanarayana, Sanjay Kumar, K. S. James and Moneer Alam (eds.) (2014). Population Ageing in India. Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 250 pp. ISBN 978 1 1070 7332 6 (hardback)

Valerie Lipman

73-77

Pamela Gravagne (2013). The Becoming of Age. Cinematic Visions of Mind, Body and Identity in Later Life. Jefferson, North Carolina and London: MacFarland, 216 pp. ISBN 978 0 7864 7260 4 (paperback)

Anne Leonora Blaakilde

79-83

Chris Gilleard and Paul Higgs (2013). Ageing, Corporeality and Embodiment. London and New York: Anthem Press, 198 pp. ISBN 978 0 85728 329 0 (hardback)

Jessica Finlay

69-72