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Ageing and Technoscience - by Michela Cozza (Hardcover)

Name: Ageing and Technoscience - by Michela Cozza (Hardcover)
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How do we age the way we do?
About the Author: Michela Cozza is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento, Italy.
192 Pages
Social Science, Technology Studies

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How do we age the way we do?

Drawing on Science and Technology Studies, age studies and feminist posthumanism, this book challenges the idea that ageing is merely a biological fact and problematizes dominant socio-technical imaginaries of ageing. It explores how ageing is socially, materially and technologically accomplished through technoscientific practices, processes, and interventions.

Examining the pervasive influence of ageism and the overarching imperative to "age well," the book identifies and analyses five modes through which ageing is imagined and governed: classification, quantification, biocommodification, cyborgization and virtualization. Together, these modes reveal how ageing bodies and their futures are transformed in contemporary Western societies.

About the Author

Michela Cozza is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento, Italy.

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W)

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 192

Genre: Social Science

Sub-Genre: Technology Studies

Publisher: Bristol University Press

Format: Hardcover

Author: Michela Cozza

Language: English

Street Date: April 1, 2027

TCIN: 1013040853

UPC: 9781529245950

Item Number (DPCI): 247-59-3178

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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