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 |
Table of Contents:
- 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