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Author:

Cruikshank, Margaret.

Title:

Learning to be old : gender, culture, and aging / Margaret Cruikshank.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xi, 244 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Aging--Psychological aspects.
Aged--United States.
Aging--psychology--United States.
Attitude to Health--United States
Prejudice--United States.
Social values--United States.
Women--Psychology--United States

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-232) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780847698486 (cloth : alk. paper)
0847698483 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780847698493 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0847698491 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49566317

LCCN:

2002005352

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)