Learning to be old
Subtitle: gender, culture, and aging
By: Margaret Cruikshank.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780742565937; 9780742565944; 9780742565951
Subjects: Aging -- Psychological aspects; Older people -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cultural myths and aging; title: The fear of an aging population; title: Sickness and other social roles of old people; title: Overmedicating old Americans; title: Healthy physical aging; title: The politics of healthy aging; title: Gender, class, and ethnicity; title: Ageism; title: Prescribed busyness and its antidotes; title: A feminist's view of gerontology and women's aging; title: Conclusion: the paradoxes of aging.