Folk Art and Aging: Life-Story Objects and Their Makers

Growing old doesn't have to be seen as an eventual failure but rather as an important developmental...
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Author: Jon Kay
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Folk Art and Aging: Life-Story Objects and Their Makers by Kay, Jon

Folk Art and Aging: Life-Story Objects and Their Makers

$90.60

Folk Art and Aging: Life-Story Objects and Their Makers

$90.60
Author: Jon Kay
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Growing old doesn't have to be seen as an eventual failure but rather as an important developmental stage of creativity. Offering an absorbing and fresh perspective on aging and crafts, Jon Kay explores how elders choose to tap into their creative and personal potential through making life-story objects. Carving, painting, and rug hooking not only help seniors to cope with the ailments of aging and loneliness but also to achieve greater satisfaction with their lives. Whether revived from childhood memories or inspired by their capacity to connect to others, meaningful memory projects serve as a lens for focusing on, remaking, and sharing the long-ago. These activities often help elders productively fill the hours after they have raised their children, retired from their jobs, and/or lost a loved one. These individuals forge new identities for themselves that do not erase their earlier lives but build on them and new lives that include sharing scenes and stories from their memories.



Author: Jon Kay
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 08/08/2016
Pages: 146
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780253022165


Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2017

About the Author

Jon Kay is Professor of Practice and Director of Traditional Arts Indiana in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University Bloomington.


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