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Ageing, corporeality and embodiment /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gilleard, C. J.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Higgs, Paul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Anthem Press, 2013.
Series:Key issues in modern sociology.
Subjects:
Aging > Psychological aspects.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Aging > Nutritional aspects.
Physical fitness for older people.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Identity, embodiment and the somatic turn in the social sciences
  • Corporeality, embodiment and the "new ageing"
  • Gender, ageing and embodiment
  • Age and the racialised body
  • Disability, ageing and identity
  • Sexuality, ageing and identity
  • Sex and ageing
  • Cosmetics, clothing and fashionable ageing
  • Fitness, exercise and the ageing body
  • Ageing and aspirational medicine
  • Conclusions ageing, forever embodied
  • References
  • Index.