Other Ways of Growing Old
Subtitle: Anthropological Perspectives
Contributors: Pamela Amoss (Editor); Stevan Harrell (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: August 1, 1981
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780804710725
Subjects: Elderly; Social & cultural anthropology; Ethnology And Ethnography; Social Gerontology; Sociology; Gerontology; Social Science / Gerontology; Cross-cultural studies; Older people
First sentence: Most people who read this book will generally have associated aging with physical deterioration or diseases, with discrete points in the life cycle (such as menopause, retirement, age 75, or becoming a grandparent), or with death.