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Aged by culture / Margaret Morganroth Gullette

Gullette, Margaret Morganroth, 1941-

Chicago [u.a.] : University of Chicago Press, 2004

267 S. : Ill. ; 24 cm

Englisch

Part one: Cultural urgencies -- Trapped in the new time machines -- True secrets of being aged by culture -- "The xers" versus "the boomers" : a contrived war -- Perilous parenting : the deaths of children and the fear of aging-into-the-midlife -- The high costs of middle-ageism -- Part two: Theorizing age resistantly -- What is age studies? -- Age identity revisited -- From life storytelling to age autobiography -- Acting age on stage : age-appropriate casting, the default body, and valuing the property of having an age -- Age studies as cultural studies : beyond slice-of-life

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-248) and index

0-226-31062-0 ((pbk : alk. paper)); 0-226-31061-2 (cloth : alk. paper)

2003012640

bA3U3256, 0226310612, GBA3U3256

OCoLC: 834987858     

OCoLC: 645593556 (aus SWB)     

LB 43860  | MS 2700      Ähnliche Literatur

HQ1061 ; HQ1061.G863 2003

305.26

*Alterspsychologie      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Aging -- Social aspects ; Ageism ; Identity (Psychology) ; Autobiography -- Social aspects ; Older people -- Social conditions -- Study and teaching ; Old age -- Study and teaching ; Aging -- Social aspects ; Ageism ; Identity Psychology ; Autobiography -- Social aspects ; Aged -- Social conditions -- Study and teaching ; Old age -- Study and teaching

Part one: Cultural urgencies -- Trapped in the new time machines -- True secrets of being aged by culture -- "The xers" versus "the boomers" : a contrived war -- Perilous parenting : the deaths of children and the fear of aging-into-the-midlife -- The high costs of middle-ageism -- Part two: Theorizing age resistantly -- What is age studies? -- Age identity revisited -- From life storytelling to age autobiography -- Acting age on stage : age-appropriate casting, the default body, and valuing the property of having an age -- Age studies as cultural studies : beyond slice-of-life.

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