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Learning to be old, gender, culture, and aging, Margaret Cruikshank

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-232) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Learning to be old

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

49566317

Responsibility statement

Margaret Cruikshank

Sub title

gender, culture, and aging

Summary

Describes beliefs, customs, and traditions surrounding aging in America and suggests that awareness of these social construcitons can help women resist their negative impact. After critiquing cultural myths, ageism, the politics of aging, and mainstream gerontology, she proposes a feminist "gerastology" in which older women "including minorities and lesbians) interview their peers as part of the research agenda

Table Of Contents

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

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