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Learning to be old : gender, culture, and aging /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cruikshank, Margaret
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Aging > Psychology > United States.
Older people > United States.
Aging > United States.
Social values > United States.
Social status > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.