Learning to be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging

By: Margaret Cruikshank

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Synopsis: What does it mean to grow old in America today? Is successful aging our responsibility, and what will happen if we fail to grow old gracefully? Especially for women, the onus on the aging population in the U.S. is growing rather than diminishing. Gender, race, and sexual orientation have been reinterpreted as socially constructed phenomena, yet aging is still seen through physically constructed lenses. This book helps put aging in a new light, neither romanticizing nor demonizing it. Feminist scholar Margaret Cruikshank looks at a variety of different forces affecting the progress of aging including fears and taboos, multicultural traditions, and the medicalization and politicization of natural processes. Through it all, we learn a better way to inhabit our age whatever it is.

Book Quality:: Good
Book Size:: 242 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780847698486
Publisher:: N/A
Date of Addition:: 03/30/08
Copyrighted By:: Margaret Cruikshank
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Psychology
Submitted By:: Alliant International University
Proofread By:: Rui Cabral
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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