Da velhice à terceira idade: o percurso histórico das identidades atreladas ao processo de envelhecimento From old age to third age: the historical course of the identities linked to the process of ageing

Este artigo trata do surgimento histórico das noções de velhice e terceira idade como categorias identitárias atreladas ao processo de envelhecimento. A origem de tais noções está na combinação complexa de fatores como saberes médicos e sociais, agentes de gestão, movimentos políticos e interesses econômicos. Como velhice e terceira idade são identidades etárias historicamente determinadas, analisam-se os fatores que determinaram sua ascensão e sua legitimação. A velhice surge como categoria etária quando o corpo velho é tomado como objeto de estudo e quando os sistemas de aposentadoria são implementados. A terceira idade aparece como categoria etária com a especialização dos agentes de gestão do envelhecimento, o discurso reivindicador da gerontologia social e os interesses da cultura do consumo. Essas categorias são postas em campo para identificar, definir e, mais recentemente, transformar o processo de envelhecimento contemporâneo.<br>This article discusses the historical emergence of notions of old age and third age as identity categories linked to the process of ageing. Their emergence can be understood as a result of a complex combination of factors such as medical and social knowledge, management agents, political movements and economic interests. By taking old age and third age as historically determined age identities, we seek to trace out the formation of these identities the article analizes the factors that determined their emergence and how they have grown and gained legitimacy. As an age category, 'old age' has its roots mainly in medical knowledge specialized in the study of the aged body, and the appearance of retirement. The 'third age' age category derives mainly from the specialization of the agents of management for ageing, the advocatory discourse of social gerontology and the interests of the consumer culture. These are the categories that are currently available to identify, define and, more recently, transform the process of contemporary ageing

NEW EVIDENCE ON THE TIMING OF EARLY LIFE COURSE TRANSITIONS: The United States 1900 to 1980

This article is a description and analysis of the timing of early life course transitions in the twentieth century. Using data from national microdata samples of the census for 1900, 1910, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, and 1980, the study investigates the timing of seven transitions to adulthood, relationships between pairs of transitions, and how changes in these patterns affected the behavior of several population subgroups. The results show that youth in the second half of the century made the transition to adulthood earlier and followed a more prescribed and compressed schedule of transitions than their early-twen tieth-century counterparts. The period of greatest change came after the Second World War, but by 1980 the trend toward earlier and increasingly age-graded familial transitions ap peared to have reversed. Between 1900 and 1980 there is also a homogenization of experi ence among subgroups.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66843/2/10.1177_036319909001500110.pd

Políticas de sexualidad juvenil y diferencias étnico-raciales en Colombia: reflexiones a partir de un estudio de caso Adolescent sexuality policy and ethnic/racial differences in Colombia

Este artículo analiza las modalidades de 'gobierno de la sexualidad juvenil' puestas en obra por medio de las actividades educativas realizadas en los programas de salud sexual y reproductiva destinados a jóvenes colombianos, y sus efectos en la producción de subjetividades juveniles. Examina también las percepciones de quienes realizan estas intervenciones sobre las diferencias étnico-raciales existentes entre jóvenes y su incidencia en el quehacer de las y los funcionarios implicados en estos programas. La información se basa en la observación de dos experiencias de intervención en salud sexual y reproductiva con jóvenes escolarizados en Bogotá, y en las entrevistas a los y los coordinadores de los talleres de educación sexual y a las personas encargadas de las labores de consejería en cada uno de los programas.<br>This article analyzes the particular modes of governance of adolescent sexuality that emerge from the educational activities carried out by sexual and reproductive health programs for young Colombians. It also analyzes their effects on the production of adolescent subjectivities. In addition, it examines the perception of those who carry out the pedagogic activities related to sexuality with adolescents and the way these perceptions are marked by ethnic/racial differences, as well as their influence on their professional performance. Field data are based on observation of two pilot programs on sexual and reproductive health among adolescent high school students in Bogotá, and on interviews with workshop coordinators and male and female counselors