Date of Award
12-17-2006
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
This qualitative study examines the female experience of aging in late-midlife. It involves women between 49 and 70 years of age, who characterize late-midlife years through narratives of lived experience. Their stories provide description of events that introduced or reinforced their sense of self-as-aging, and relate insights gained socially and relationally in the aging process. Conversational interviews, with participant observation of nonverbal communication, were conducted and recorded as my method of data collection, and phenomenological methodology was used in description, analysis, and interpretation of the resulting capta.
Recommended Citation
Pedersen, Grace F., "A phenomenology of women and aging: a communication perspective" (2006). Communication . 13.
https://ualaska.researchcommons.org/uaf_grad_comm/13
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11122/5617