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Understandings of successful ageing in the context of migration: the case of Iranian immigrants in Sweden

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2001

SANDRA TORRES
SANDRA TORRES
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Uppsala University, Sweden.
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Abstract

Gerontological inquiries into understandings of successful ageing have been culture-specific. This means that they have only been studied in the specific cultural settings that have given them their meaning. Understandings of successful ageing that are simultaneously influenced by two cultures have yet to be studied. This study is based on a newly-designed culturally-relevant theoretical framework for the study of successful ageing, and focuses on the context of migration where culture of origin and host culture meet. Interviews based on vignettes have been conducted with 30 Iranian immigrants in Sweden in order to reveal if, and how, the pre- and post-migration understandings of successful ageing differ. The findings show that cultural contexts determine how the construct in question is understood and that migration between different cultures can challenge these understandings.

Keywords

successful ageingvalue orientationsmigrationculturally-relevant theoretical frameworkIranian immigrants
Type
Research Article
Information
Ageing & Society , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , May 2001 , pp. 333 - 355
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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