Translocal Ageing in the Global East: Bulgaria’s Abandoned Elderly 3030608220, 9783030608224
This book is about ageing in Bulgaria. How do Bulgaria’s elderly―abandoned by the state and left behind by their adult c
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Table of contents :
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction: Ageing in Bulgaria
Global Transformations, Bulgarian Challenges
From ‘Ageing in Place’ to Age-Relationality
Discovering Ecosystems of Ageing
Locating Ageing in the City and in the Village
Structure of the Book
References
Chapter 2: Lives in Broad Strokes: Navigating Transitions, Disruptions and Uncertainty
From the Village to the City: The State Takes Care of Everybody and Everything
The Long March to Freedom: Adjusting to a New Status Quo
Expectations, Identities, Roles: Finding Agency Under Uncertainty
Conclusions
References
Chapter 3: Doing Everyday Life: Patterns, Resources and Adaptive Mechanisms
Theories of Change and Adaptation in Ageing
Patterns of Everyday Life
Managing Meagre Pensions
Sustaining Ailing Bodies
Making Do in Tattered Homes
Conclusions
References
Chapter 4: Dislocating ‘Ageing in Place’: From Multi-local to Transnational
Rethinking Place in Ageing
Navigating Familiar Places
Transformations ‘in Place’
Between the City and the Village
Becoming Transnational
Conclusions
References
Chapter 5: Trajectories of Ageing: Learning (from) the Global East
Lifecourse, Everyday Life and Translocal Geographies of Ageing Under Uncertainty
Resolving the Dogma of ‘Ageing in Place’
Learning (from) the Global East
Reflections on Methodology
In Closing
References
Index
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction: Ageing in Bulgaria
Global Transformations, Bulgarian Challenges
From ‘Ageing in Place’ to Age-Relationality
Discovering Ecosystems of Ageing
Locating Ageing in the City and in the Village
Structure of the Book
References
Chapter 2: Lives in Broad Strokes: Navigating Transitions, Disruptions and Uncertainty
From the Village to the City: The State Takes Care of Everybody and Everything
The Long March to Freedom: Adjusting to a New Status Quo
Expectations, Identities, Roles: Finding Agency Under Uncertainty
Conclusions
References
Chapter 3: Doing Everyday Life: Patterns, Resources and Adaptive Mechanisms
Theories of Change and Adaptation in Ageing
Patterns of Everyday Life
Managing Meagre Pensions
Sustaining Ailing Bodies
Making Do in Tattered Homes
Conclusions
References
Chapter 4: Dislocating ‘Ageing in Place’: From Multi-local to Transnational
Rethinking Place in Ageing
Navigating Familiar Places
Transformations ‘in Place’
Between the City and the Village
Becoming Transnational
Conclusions
References
Chapter 5: Trajectories of Ageing: Learning (from) the Global East
Lifecourse, Everyday Life and Translocal Geographies of Ageing Under Uncertainty
Resolving the Dogma of ‘Ageing in Place’
Learning (from) the Global East
Reflections on Methodology
In Closing
References
Index
