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- Title
New Places -- New Identities: Settings in the Lives of the Old.
- Authors
Matthews, Sarah H.
- Abstract
This paper addresses the relationship between meaning attached to settings by social actors and their self-identities. In the context of research on the social worlds of old windows the author identifies "ideal type" self-designated identities, namely that of "resident" vs. "newcomer" in a setting. These self-identities are considered in the light of the bearing upon them of the non-human or physical aspects of settings as well as of the people who share the settings. Finally, strategies for maintaining "resident" status are shown to be more limited for the old than for the younger members of society.
- Subjects
ARTISTS; ACTORS; SOCIETIES; ENTERTAINERS; COMPARISON (Psychology)
- Publication
Qualitative Sociology, 1979, Vol 1, Issue 3, p35
- ISSN
0162-0436
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF02429893