Ageing, corporeality and embodiment

Main Author: Gilleard, C. J.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Higgs, Paul.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Anthem Press, 2013.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10718669
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.