The new Discourse of the Elderly: the Construction of a New Social Identity

Authors

  • Antonio Trinidad Requena Universidad de Granada

Keywords:

Recently retired, senior citizens, aging, social strategies

Abstract

It is a fact that the Spanish population is getting older and older. This social transformation has, and will continue to have, social, political and economical consequences, both in personal as well as social dynamics. The present article deals with this new social situation, and focuses on the differences within the group of senior citizens, and on becoming acquainted with the speech used by the recently retired. The various contents of their conversations will be analyzed with regard to the social position they occupied, and that which they now occupy; this allows us to distinguish the new personal and social identity of the senior citizens, and also their new role in present-day society, based on the set of social strategies they employ in order to adapt to their new social situation, which is a result of their retirement. Other areas dealt with are those of the importance of the volunteer work done by the aged, and the role of the family in the context of their social interactions.

Author Biography

Antonio Trinidad Requena , Universidad de Granada

Es doctor en sociología por la Universidad de Granada. En la actualidad es profesor titular de sociología de la Universidad de Granada y Director del Grupo de Investigación «Problemas Sociales en Andalucía». También ha sido visiting scholar en la London School of Economics and Political Science. Entre sus últimas publicaciones se encuentran los libros Teoría fundamentada «Grounded Theory». La construcción de la teoría a través del análisis interpretacional; Leer la sociedad; La realidad económica y social de las personas mayores; Administración pública y Estado de bienestar y Educación superior en Andalucía. Gran parte de sus trabajos versa sobre problemas sociales y evaluación de organizaciones y programas, materia sobre la que ha realizado numerosas publicaciones, entre ellas Evaluación de programas de intervención social, Evaluación de los servicios sociales, Evaluación diagnóstica de los Planes Autonómicos sobre drogas y La evaluación en las universidades andaluzas, La evaluación del Plan Nacional de Evaluación y Calidad de universidades desde la Grounded Theory y La producción científica en las universidades andaluzas, etc.

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Published

2008-01-01

How to Cite

Trinidad Requena, A. (2008). The new Discourse of the Elderly: the Construction of a New Social Identity. Spanish Journal of Sociology, (6). Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/res/article/view/65003

Issue

No. 6 (2006): Sumario Número 6

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