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The Gerontologist, Vol 36, Issue 2 147-156, Copyright © 1996 by The Gerontological Society of America

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Incorporating diversity: meaning, levels of research, and implications for theory

TM Calasanti
Department of Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061-0137, USA.

Incorporating diverse experiences into gerontological theory, research, and practice is necessary for understanding the lives of all old people, and not only "special groups." I begin by explaining how incorporating diversity exposes the power relations constitutive of lived experiences. Using examples from retirement research, I demonstrate that starting with the voices of those with less power renders a more complete view of social reality. Further, a wider understanding of aging in the United States mandates that we move to the international-comparative level. This enables us to more closely scrutinize the often unquestioned structural and ideological processes that construct divergent aging experiences as well as to conceptualize alternatives. I conclude, then, by noting that a more inclusive approach forces us to see all aging experiences not as determined but rather as fluid, dialectical, contextual--and changeable through human actions.


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