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

Main Author: Cruikshank, Margaret
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2003.
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245 1 |a Learning to be old :  |b gender, culture, and aging /  |c Margaret Cruikshank. 
260 1 |a Lanham, Md :  |b Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,  |c c2003. 
300 1 |a xi, 244 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-232) and index. 
505 1 |a Cultural myths and aging -- The fear of an aging population -- Sickness and other social roles of the old -- Overmedicating old Americans -- Healthy physical aging -- The politics of healthy aging -- Gender, class, and ethnicity -- Prescribed busyness and spirituality -- Ageism -- Gerastology : a feminist's view of gerontology and women's aging -- Conclusion: The paradoxes of aging. 
650 1 |a Aging  |x Psychological aspects 
650 1 |a Older people  |z United States 
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