Aged by Culture

Name: Aged by Culture
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ISBN: 9780226310626

ISBN-10: 0226310620

ISBN-13: 9780226310626

Edition: 2003

Authors: Margaret Morganroth Gullette

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In this work, Margaret Morganroth Gullette reveals that ageing doesn't start in our chromosomes, but in midlife downsizing, the erosion of workplace seniority, threats to social security, and 'greedy' Baby Boomers.

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 1/15/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.02" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Cultural Urgencies



Trapped in the New Time Machines



True Secrets of Being Aged by Culture



"The Xers" versus "the Boomers": A Contrived War



Perilous Parenting: The Deaths of Children and the Fear of Aging-into-the-Midlife



The High Costs of Middle-Ageism



Theorizing Age Resistantly



What Is Age Studies?



Age Identity Revisited



From Life Storytelling to Age Autobiography



Acting Age on Stage: Age-Appropriate Casting, the Default Body, and Valuing the Property of Having an Age



Age Studies as Cultural Studies: Beyond Slice-of-Life


Bibliography


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Index