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Autore |
Cruikshank Margaret |
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Titolo |
Learning to be old [[electronic resource] ] : gender, culture, and aging / / Margaret Cruikshank |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-299-14002-5 |
1-4422-1366-3 |
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Edizione |
[3rd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Aging - Psychology - United States |
Older people - United States |
Aging - United States |
Social values - United States |
Social status - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<span><span>Margaret Cruikshank's </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Learning to Be Old </span><span>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. </span></span> |
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