Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging, Third Edition - Couverture souple

Cruikshank, Margaret

 
9781442213654: Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging, Third Edition

Synopsis

Margaret Cruikshank's Learning to Be Old examines what it means to grow old in America today. The book questions social myths and fears about aging, sickness and the other social roles of the elderly, the over-medicalization of many older people, and ageism. Among texts on aging the book is unique in its clear focus on the differences in aging for women and men, as well as for people in different socioeconomic groups. Key updates include changes in the health care system, changes in how long older Americans are working especially given the impact of the recession, and new material on the brain and mind-body interconnections.

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À propos de l'auteur

Margaret Cruikshank retired from the women's studies faculty at the University of Maine, where she is currently an associate of the university's Center on Aging. She is the author of Learning to be Old: gender, culture and aging, 3rd ed., Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.

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9781442213647: Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1442213647 ISBN 13 :  9781442213647
Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 2013
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