제목

The task of time in retirement

저자

EKERDT, D.J. and KOSS, C

발행기관

© Cambridge University Press 2015

발행일

10 June 2015

키워드

activities, identity, leisure, retirement, role, routine, self, time

abstract

Retirees' encounter with time has long interested social scientists, especially the negotiation of such an open-ended status. Pursuing theoretical suggestions that daily activities anchor a narrative of self-identity, this project examined the coherence of retirees' representations of their time use. Information is drawn from interviews with 30 retirees in the Midwestern United States of America who were invited to discuss their daily lives and activities. The retirees valued time sovereignty and accounted for their time use by describing schedules of activities in some detail. Daily time was not presented as improvised but rather as structured into routines. Recurring behaviours flowed from situations and structures in which people were implicated, such as body care and living with others. Even in replies to a specific question about the preceding day, people slipped into language about what they typically do. Retirees' ready narratives about routines were also accounts of who they are not. Our findings suggest, first, that daily routines are instrumental for retirees in economising thought and behaviour. Second, the assertion of a routine is an assurance that one's life is ordered and proceeds with purpose, thus solving the task of time. Third, routines can be a means to signal conformity with ideals of active ageing.

주요내용

은퇴자 시간사용의 경향성 연구. 30명의 은퇴자의 일상적인 생활과 활동데 관한 인터뷰. 1) 일상이 경제적인 생각과 행동에 도구화되어 있음, 2) 목적지향적, 해결에 초점. 3) 활동적 노화 개념의 수단

ISBN

10.1017/S0144686X15000367(DOI)

Link

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ageing-and-society/article/div-classtitlethe-task-of-time-in-retirementdiv/8193FE7C3D8DA60C2086E2B4EE1D98DA