Learning to be old : gender, culture, and aging /
Cruikshank, Margaret,
Learning to be old : gender, culture, and aging / Margaret Cruikshank. - xi, 244 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-232) and index.
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.
0847698491 9780847698493 0847698483 9780847698486
2002005352
Aging--Psychological aspects
Older people--United States
BF724.55.A35 / C78 2003
305.26
Learning to be old : gender, culture, and aging / Margaret Cruikshank. - xi, 244 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-232) and index.
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.
0847698491 9780847698493 0847698483 9780847698486
2002005352
Aging--Psychological aspects
Older people--United States
BF724.55.A35 / C78 2003
305.26