Learning to be old gender, culture, and aging /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,
c2013.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- Class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender
- Ageism
- Countercultural gerontology
- A feminist's view of gerontology and women's aging.