Práticas de sociabilidade e o envelhecimento ativo na terceira idade: um estudo sociológico com idosas aposentadas da ABAPP - Pelotas.

Abstract

This dissertation deals with a sociological study about the social practices of retired elderly women attending the benefit association of Retirees and Pensioners of Pelotas. It seeks to verify if the notion of active aging is embodied or / approaches the practices of sociability of them; and from this, to understand if they experience a more active third age in contemporary societies. This research will be based on sociological theories of aging and postcolonial studies that deal with analytical categories such as gender, sexuality, race and class. The methodology used will consist of an ethnographic study. And the techniques employed were established from a participant observation followed by semi-structured interviews with a base script.