Reconstructing poverty-related shame among urban seniors in china: an exploration of their narrated experiences and a reflection on anti-poverty interventions
Poverty is an objective state, as well as a set of subjective experiences. This study explored how low-income seniors in urban China make meaning under the pressures of poverty-related shame. Based on two rounds of in-depth interviews with participants in Beijing, spanning 9 years, the researchers c...
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| description | Poverty is an objective state, as well as a set of subjective experiences. This study explored how low-income seniors in urban China make meaning under the pressures of poverty-related shame. Based on two rounds of in-depth interviews with participants in Beijing, spanning 9 years, the researchers concluded that low-income seniors feel deprivation, experiences of being belittled and inferior and a sense of self-deprecation due to material scarcity. Under such pressures, the seniors actively reconstruct poverty-related experiences, demonstrating that older people living in poverty have a powerful meaning-making system, which serves as evidence of their resilience. However, reconstructing experiences of poverty should not be taken for granted, but be regarded as an appeal for dignity-oriented social policies. This rich meaning-making system could be a foundation upon which anti-poverty advocates adopt and advance various strengths-based interventions. These findings also point to implications for quality of life research with older people living in poverty and anti-poverty measures for this population in other developing contexts. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:6c0bfe2e-161d-483c-af9d-87f29f1e582c2024-02-19T11:26:25ZReconstructing poverty-related shame among urban seniors in china: an exploration of their narrated experiences and a reflection on anti-poverty interventionsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:6c0bfe2e-161d-483c-af9d-87f29f1e582cEnglishSymplectic ElementsSpringer2020Chen, Y-YHong, LWalker, RLPoverty is an objective state, as well as a set of subjective experiences. This study explored how low-income seniors in urban China make meaning under the pressures of poverty-related shame. Based on two rounds of in-depth interviews with participants in Beijing, spanning 9 years, the researchers concluded that low-income seniors feel deprivation, experiences of being belittled and inferior and a sense of self-deprecation due to material scarcity. Under such pressures, the seniors actively reconstruct poverty-related experiences, demonstrating that older people living in poverty have a powerful meaning-making system, which serves as evidence of their resilience. However, reconstructing experiences of poverty should not be taken for granted, but be regarded as an appeal for dignity-oriented social policies. This rich meaning-making system could be a foundation upon which anti-poverty advocates adopt and advance various strengths-based interventions. These findings also point to implications for quality of life research with older people living in poverty and anti-poverty measures for this population in other developing contexts. |
| spellingShingle | Chen, Y-Y Hong, L Walker, RL Reconstructing poverty-related shame among urban seniors in china: an exploration of their narrated experiences and a reflection on anti-poverty interventions |
| title | Reconstructing poverty-related shame among urban seniors in china: an exploration of their narrated experiences and a reflection on anti-poverty interventions |
| title_full | Reconstructing poverty-related shame among urban seniors in china: an exploration of their narrated experiences and a reflection on anti-poverty interventions |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Reconstructing poverty-related shame among urban seniors in china: an exploration of their narrated experiences and a reflection on anti-poverty interventions |
| title_short | Reconstructing poverty-related shame among urban seniors in china: an exploration of their narrated experiences and a reflection on anti-poverty interventions |
| title_sort | reconstructing poverty related shame among urban seniors in china an exploration of their narrated experiences and a reflection on anti poverty interventions |
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