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Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802, USA.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 1995;40(4):253-80. doi: 10.2190/BR6H-GQGF-RDN8-XA31.
This article focuses on the embodiment, emplacement and representation of aged identities and suggests that more attention be paid to the spatiality of age relations. Identities are both externally imposed and self nominated. Using the example of retirees I explored the ways in which particular places are involved in the creation of identities. Sun City retirement communities are shown to 1) have a material form that serves the retiree identity, 2) be represented in particular ways that contribute to that identity and 3) simultaneously act as a representation. The article asks whether or not these communities are indicative of a shift to postmodernism, characterized by increased emphasis on surveillance, security, simulations, consumerism, and fragmentation of identities, in both life courses and landscapes.
本文聚焦于老年身份的体现、定位与呈现，并建议更多关注年龄关系的空间性。身份既由外部强加，也由自我认定。以退休人员为例，我探讨了特定场所参与身份塑造的方式。太阳城退休社区被证明：1）具有服务退休人员身份的物质形式；2）以特定方式呈现，有助于塑造该身份；3）同时充当一种呈现。本文探讨这些社区是否表明向以在生活历程和景观中更加强调监控、安全、模拟、消费主义以及身份碎片化等为特征的后现代主义转变。
