Learning to be old [electronic resource] : gender, culture, and aging / Margaret Cruikshank
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TextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2009Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (xi, 253 p.)ISBN: - 9780742565951 (electronic bk.)
- 0742565955 (electronic bk.)
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UMPLIB GAMBANG | BF724.55.A35 C78 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 0000055808 |
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