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03585aam a2200553 i 4500 001 49EB390C0CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230617010022 008 191204t20202020njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019044056 020 $a 1978806329 020 $a 9781978806320 020 $a 1978806310 020 $a 9781978806313 035 $a (OCoLC)1125155008 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d GZN $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCO $d AU@ $d ZLM $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HQ1061 $b .L457 2020 072 7 $a FAM000000 $2 bisacsh 082 00 $a 305.26 $2 23 100 1 $a Lem, Ellyn A., $e author. 245 10 $a Gray matters : $b finding meaning in the stories of later life / $c Ellyn Lem ; foreword by Margaret Cruikshank. 264 1 $a New Brunswick, New Jersey : $b Rutgers University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xi, 270 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 490 1 $a Global perspectives on aging 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-264) and index. 520 $a "Aging is one of the most compelling issues today, with record numbers of seniors over sixty-five worldwide. Gray Matters: Finding Meaning in the Stories of Later Life examines a diverse array of cultural works including films, literature, and even art that represent this time of life, often made by people who are seniors themselves. These works, focusing on important topics such as housing, memory loss, and intimacy, are analyzed in dialogue with recent research to explore how "stories" illuminate the dynamics of growing old by blending fact with imagination. Gray Matters also incorporates the life experiences of seniors gathered from over two hundred in-depth surveys with a range of questions on growing old, not often included in other age studies works. Combining cultural texts, gerontology research, and observations from older adults will give all readers a fuller picture of the struggles and pleasures of aging and avoids over-simplified representations of the process as all negative or positive"-- $c Provided by publisher 505 00 $t Death: "the final frontier"? $t Senior parents and their adult children: "can't we all just get along?" -- $t Surveying the housing options: "no place like home"? -- $t Understanding memory loss: "am I losing my mind?" -- $t Intimacy: "love is all you need"? -- $t Women and men: "separate but equal"? -- $t Money, work, and retirement: "are we there yet?" -- $t Death: "the final frontier"? 650 0 $a Older people $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Old age $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Gerontology. 650 0 $a Aging $v Cross-cultural studies. 650 2 $a Geriatrics 650 6 $a Personnes agees $x Conditions sociales. 650 6 $a Vieillesse $x Aspect social. 650 6 $a Gerontologie. 650 7 $a gerontology. $2 aat 650 7 $a FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS $x General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Aging. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00800293 650 7 $a Gerontology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00942204 650 7 $a Old age $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01045292 650 7 $a Older people $x Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01199129 655 7 $a Cross-cultural studies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423769 700 1 $a Cruikshank, Margaret, $e writer of foreword. 776 08 $i Print version: $a Lem, Ellyn A. $t Gray matters. $d New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2020] $z 9781978806351 $w (OCoLC)1191161278 830 0 $a Global perspectives on aging series. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117015645.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=49EB390C0CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search