Title Learning to be old : gender, culture, and aging / Margaret Cruikshank.

Publication Info.	Lanham, Md : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2003]
	©2003

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	BF724.55.A35 C78 2003	Available	---

Description	xi, 244 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-232) and index.
Contents	Cultural myths and aging -- The fear of an aging population -- Sickness and other social roles of the old -- Overmedicating old Americans -- Healthy physical aging -- The politics of healthy aging -- Gender, class, and ethnicity -- Prescribed busyness and spirituality -- Ageism -- Gerastology : a feminist's view of gerontology and women's aging -- Conclusion: The paradoxes of aging.
Subject	Aging -- Psychological aspects.
	Aging -- Psychological aspects.
	Older people -- United States.
	Older people.
	United States.
ISBN	0847698491 paperback alkaline paper
	0847698483 cloth alkaline paper