Margaret Cruikshank
Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging
- ISBN 13:
- 9781442213654
- author:
- Margaret Cruikshank
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 296
- Dimensions:
- 5.90 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.80 (d)
- Genre:
- Developmental Psychology
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture and Aging explores what it means to grow old in America today. Margaret Cruikshank challenges social myths and fears about aging, sickness, and the roles of older people, highlighting the over-medicalization of many elderly individuals.
The book proposes alternative understandings of aging, moving beyond conventional ideas of "successful" or "productive" aging to focus on the process of learning how to age. Cruikshank examines the social construction of aging, considering its impact on women and men from different socioeconomic backgrounds.
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