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Ending Ageism, or How Not to Shoot Old People
Language: en
Pages: 259
Authors: Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-23 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

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Winner of the MLA Prize for Independent Scholars and the APA's Florence L. Denmark Award for Contributions to Women and Aging When the term “ageism” was coi
Agewise
Language: en
Pages: 303
Authors: Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-21 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Let’s face it: almost everyone fears growing older. We worry about losing our looks, our health, our jobs, our self-esteem—and being supplanted in work and
Aged by Culture
Language: en
Pages: 278
Authors: Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-01-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Americans enjoy longer lives and better health, yet we are becoming increasingly obsessed with trying to stay young. What drives the fear of turning 30, the boo
Facing Age
Language: en
Pages: 178
Authors: Laura Hurd Clarke
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-12-16 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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The first book in the new series Diversity and Aging, Laura Hurd Clarke's Facing Age examines the relationship between aging and women in a culture obsessed wit
Successful Aging as a Contemporary Obsession
Language: en
Pages: 287
Authors: Sarah Lamb
Categories: Family & Relationships
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-22 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

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In recent decades, the North American public has pursued an inspirational vision of successful aging—striving through medical technique and individual effort