Me, a centennial countryside cowboy - Stories about the truth of aging

Authors

  • Monique Borba Cerqueira Socióloga. Pesquisadora Científica do Núcleo de Práticas e Políticas de Saúde do Instituto de Saúde.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2019v22i3p175-194

Keywords:

Centennials, Aging, Life Politics.

Abstract

The life narrative of a centennial cowboy is herein revealed, based on interviews conducted in Tracupá, northeastern countryside of Bahia, Brazil. It is about giving visibility to the ways of appropriation of reality, invested by Mr. Rael, 101 years old, with emphasis on his work, leisure, memory and daily life. In the end, this simple and extraordinary life story of this cowboy is placed in parallel with the difficulties arising from the knowledge and powers framework on contemporary aging, which insists on not addressing aging as a crowning of living.

 

Author Biography

Monique Borba Cerqueira, Socióloga. Pesquisadora Científica do Núcleo de Práticas e Políticas de Saúde do Instituto de Saúde.

Socióloga. Pesquisadora Científica do Núcleo de Práticas e Políticas de Saúde do Instituto de Saúde. Mestrado em Sociologia, Unicamp. Doutorado em Serviço Social, PUC-SP. Pós-Doutorado no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais, PUC-SP, Brasil.

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How to Cite

Cerqueira, M. B. (2019). Me, a centennial countryside cowboy - Stories about the truth of aging. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 22(3), 175–194. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2019v22i3p175-194

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 3 (2019)

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Papers

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