Learning to be old [ gender, culture, and aging
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield Publication ,
c2009
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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| Online Access: | MyiLibrary NetLibrary Click here to view book |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Cruikshank, Margaret , |e author | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Learning to be old [ |h electronic resource] : |b gender, culture, and aging |c Margaret Cruikshank |
| 250 | |a 2nd ed | ||
| 260 | |a Lanham, Maryland : |b Rowman & Littlefield Publication , |c c2009 | ||
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (xi, 253 p.) | ||
| 500 | |a Description based on print version record | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p 211-241) and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 1. Cultural myths and aging -- 2. Fear of an aging population -- 3. Sickness and other social roles of old people -- 4. Overmedicating old Americans -- 5. Healthy physical aging -- 6. The politics of healthy aging -- 7. Gender, class, and ethnicity -- 8. Ageism -- 9. Prescribed busyness and its antidotes -- 10. A feminist's view of gerontology and women's aging -- 11. Conclusion: the paradoxes of aging | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Aging |x Psychological aspects | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Older people |z United States | |
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