Learning to be old [electronic resource] : gender, culture, and aging / Margaret Cruikshank.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2013.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiii, 281 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.26 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ1061 .C78 2013eb
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Contents:
Cultural myths and aging -- Fear of an aging population -- Sickness and other social roles of old people -- Overmedicating old Americans -- Healthy physical aging -- The politics of healthy aging -- Class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender -- Ageism -- Countercultural gerontology -- A feminist's view of gerontology and women's aging.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cultural myths and aging -- Fear of an aging population -- Sickness and other social roles of old people -- Overmedicating old Americans -- Healthy physical aging -- The politics of healthy aging -- Class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender -- Ageism -- Countercultural gerontology -- A feminist's view of gerontology and women's aging.

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