Images of Aging: Cultural Representations of Later Life |
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| Author:
| Featherstone, Mike
Wernick, Andrew |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-05326-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1995 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $194.00 |
Book Description:
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We all have a finite life-span. We are born, we get old and we die. Given the universality of the ageing process, it is remarkable that there is almost a complete absence of study of culture and self-image of the middle aged and old. This work examines this topic.; The contributors discuss images of ageing which have come to circulate in the advanced industrial societies today. They address themes such as: body and self-image in everyday interaction; experience and identity in old age;...
More DescriptionWe all have a finite life-span. We are born, we get old and we die. Given the universality of the ageing process, it is remarkable that there is almost a complete absence of study of culture and self-image of the middle aged and old. This work examines this topic.; The contributors discuss images of ageing which have come to circulate in the advanced industrial societies today. They address themes such as: body and self-image in everyday interaction; experience and identity in old age; advertising and consumer culture images of the elderly; images of ageing used by Government agencies in Health Education campaigns; the diversity of historical representations of the elderly; gender images of ageing; images of senility and second childhood; and images of health, illness and death.