Agewise

Author : Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226310736
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agewise written by Margaret Morganroth Gullette and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book cultural critic the author reveals that much of what we dread about aging is actually the result of ageism-which we can battle as strongly as we do racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry. Drawing on provocative and under-reported evidence from biomedicine, literature, economics, and personal stories, Gullette probes the ageism that drives discontent with our bodies, our selves, and our accomplishments-and makes us easy prey for marketers who want to sell us an illusory vision of youthful perfection. Even worse, ageism causes society to discount the wisdom and experience acquired by people over the course of adulthood. The costs of this culture of decline are almost incalculable, diminishing our workforce, robbing younger people of hope for a decent later life, and eroding the satisfactions and sense of productivity that should animate our later years. Once we open our eyes to the pervasiveness of ageism we can begin to fight it.

Author : Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022610186X
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agewise written by Margaret Morganroth Gullette and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 love by younger people. It feels like the natural, inevitable consequence of the passing years, But what if it’s not? What if nearly everything that we think of as the “natural” process of aging is anything but? In Agewise, renowned cultural critic Margaret Morganroth Gullette reveals that much of what we dread about aging is actually the result of ageism—which we can, and should, battle as strongly as we do racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry. Drawing on provocative and under-reported evidence from biomedicine, literature, economics, and personal stories, Gullette probes the ageism thatdrives discontent with our bodies, our selves, and our accomplishments—and makes us easy prey for marketers who want to sell us an illusory vision of youthful perfection. Even worse, rampant ageism causes society to discount, and at times completely discard, the wisdom and experience acquired by people over the course of adulthood. The costs—both collective and personal—of this culture of decline are almost incalculable, diminishing our workforce, robbing younger people of hope for a decent later life, and eroding the satisfactions and sense of productivity that should animate our later years. Once we open our eyes to the pervasiveness of ageism, however, we can begin to fight it—and Gullette lays out ambitious plans for the whole life course, from teaching children anti-ageism to fortifying the social safety nets, and thus finally making possible the real pleasures and opportunities promised by the new longevity. A bracing, controversial call to arms, Agewise will surprise, enlighten, and, perhaps most important, bring hope to readers of all ages.

Author : J. Brooks Bouson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319317113
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shame and the Aging Woman written by J. Brooks Bouson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-19 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together the research findings of contemporary feminist age studies scholars, shame theorists, and feminist gerontologists in order to unfurl the affective dynamics of gendered ageism. In her analysis of what she calls “embodied shame,” J. Brooks Bouson describes older women’s shame about the visible signs of aging and the health and appearance of their bodies as they undergo the normal processes of bodily aging. Examining both fictional and nonfiction works by contemporary North American and British women authors, this book offers a sustained analysis of the various ways that ageism devalues and damages the identities of otherwise psychologically healthy women in our graying culture. Shame theory, as Bouson shows, astutely explains why gendered ageism is so deeply entrenched in our culture and why even aging feminists may succumb to this distressing, but sometimes hidden, cultural affliction.

Author : Kristen L. Mauk
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 1284104478
Total Pages : 1054 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Author : Dr. Deepak Gupta
Publisher : Mittal Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788170996217
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Author : A. Singer
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080869513
Total Pages : 351 pages
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Total Pages : 620 pages
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Author : R. S. Tripathi
Publisher : APH Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788176480253
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Author : G. E. W. Wolstenholme
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470716509
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Methodology of the Study of Ageing, Volume 3 written by G. E. W. Wolstenholme and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-16 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.

Author : Ranveer Singh
Publisher : Mittal Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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