Images of Aging: Cultural Representations of Later Life - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0415112591 ISBN 13: 9780415112598

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1995

Riassunto

We all have a finite life-span. We are born, we get old and we die. Given the universiality 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. Images of Ageing: Cultural Representations of Later Life changes this. 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 on 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; images of health, illness and death.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Mike Featherstone, Andrew Wernick

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0415112591
• ISBN 13: 9780415112598
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 312
• Redattore: Featherstone Mike, Wernick Andrew
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania