Dear fellow recipients of H-ETHNIC mail!
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>I am an American doctoral student and a member of the
gerontology research group at the >Dept. of Sociology, Uppsala
university in Sweden. I am presently working on my >dissertation
which main theme is the social/cultural construction of
successful aging >in light of late in life migration. The
empirical framework of my dissertation concerns
>'late in life' immigrants to Sweden, i.e. immigrants to Sweden
who migrated as elders. >The majority of the elders in question
come from either the Middle East or from the >former Yugoslavia.
What I am specifically studying are the ways in which these
elders' >ideas of successful aging differ from the ones held by
the society that hosts them. >Topics of interest are therefore
successful aging as a social and cultural >construction, culture
shock, elderly migration etc.
>
As a relatively new member to this list I am interested in
finding out if there is anybody out there interested in and/or
working on research areas related to my dissertation theme. If
there were to be others among you working on similar and/or
related topics who happen to be interested in keeping in touch
for brain storming purposes and/or exchanging of literature tips,
drop me an e-mail.
>Sincerely,
>Sandra Torres
>e-mail:sandra.torres@soc.uu.se
>WWW: http://www.soc.uu.se/staff/sandra_t.html
>
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Sandra Torres Postal Address: Telephone:
Ph.D. Candidate Box 821 +46 18 18 15 01
Uppsala Univerity 751 08 Uppsala Telefax:
Dept. of Sociology Sweden +46 18 18 11 70
E-mail: Sandra.Torres@soc.uu.se
Homepage: http://www.soc.uu.se/staff/sandra_t.html