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1 online resource (ix, 165 pages). |
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Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Diversity and aging
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Diversity and aging.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-157) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Theorizing the aging and aged woman's face, body, and embodied experience -- Embodied appearance in later life : what older women have to say -- Anti-aging medicine, wrinkles, and the moral imperative to modify the aging face -- Imaging aging : media messages and the perspectives of older women -- Women and aging : the face of the future. |
Summary |
Examines the relationship between aging and women in a culture obsessed with youthfulness and brings alive feminist theories about aging, beauty work, femininity, and the body. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Beauty, Personal.
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Beauty, Personal. |
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Middle-aged women -- Psychology.
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Middle-aged women -- Psychology. |
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Aging -- Psychological aspects.
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Aging -- Psychological aspects. |
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Middle-aged women -- Physiological aspects.
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Middle-aged women. |
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Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
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Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) |
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Self-esteem in women.
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Self-esteem in women. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Clarke, Laura Hurd, 1969- Facing age. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2011 9781442207592 (DLC) 2010023866 (OCoLC)643323043 |
ISBN |
9781442207615 (electronic book) |
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1442207612 (electronic book) |
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9786612922657 |
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6612922656 |
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9781442207592 |
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1442207590 |
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9781442207608 |
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1442207604 |
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9786612922657 |
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