Studying Generations

Helen Kingstone is Lecturer in English Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, and Co-director of the Centre for Research on Ageing and Generations at the University of Surrey. Jennie Bristow is Reader in Sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University and an associate of the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies at the University of Kent.

1. Introduction - Jennie Bristow and Helen Kingstone





Part 1: The Generations Concept in Historical and Contemporary Perspective





2. Sociology and the Problem of ‘Social Generations’ - Jennie Bristow


3. Humanities and a Longer History of Social Generations - Helen Kingstone


4. The Concept of Generation in Biology and Medicine - Tatjana Buklijas


5. A Conjunctural Cultural Studies Approach to the Millennial - Ben Little and Alison Winch





Part 2: Studies of the Generations Concept in Contemporary Life





6. Generative Fiction: Structures of Feeling, Place-Making, and Intergenerational Contact in 'The Lido' - David Amigoni


7. Intergenerational Engagement and Generational Identity - Ali Somers


8. A Multigenerational Self and a Multigenerational Society - Nigel Williams


9. Re-Thinking Generations from a Queer Perspective: Insights and Critical Observations from the CILIA-LGBTQI+ Lives in England Project - Andrew King and Matthew Hall





10. Conclusion - Helen Kingstone and Jennie Bristow