Learning to be old gender, culture, and aging /
Cruikshank, Margaret
Learning to be old gender, culture, and aging / [electronic resource] : Margaret Cruikshank - 2nd ed. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2009 - 1 online resource (xi, 253 p.)
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-241) and index
Cultural myths and aging -- Fear of an aging population -- Sickness and other social roles of old people -- Overmedicating old Americans -- Healthy physical aging -- The politics of healthy aging -- Gender, class, and ethnicity -- Ageism -- Prescribed busyness and its antidotes -- A feminist's view of gerontology and women's aging -- Conclusion: the paradoxes of aging
Mode of access : Internet
9780742565951 (electronic bk.) 0742565955 (electronic bk.)
Aging--Psychological aspects
Older people--United States
Learning to be old gender, culture, and aging / [electronic resource] : Margaret Cruikshank - 2nd ed. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2009 - 1 online resource (xi, 253 p.)
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-241) and index
Cultural myths and aging -- Fear of an aging population -- Sickness and other social roles of old people -- Overmedicating old Americans -- Healthy physical aging -- The politics of healthy aging -- Gender, class, and ethnicity -- Ageism -- Prescribed busyness and its antidotes -- A feminist's view of gerontology and women's aging -- Conclusion: the paradoxes of aging
Mode of access : Internet
9780742565951 (electronic bk.) 0742565955 (electronic bk.)
Aging--Psychological aspects
Older people--United States