Images of Aging : Cultural Representations of Later Life

ISBN 10: 0415112591 / ISBN 13: 9780415112598

Published by Taylor & Francis Group, 1995

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Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Images of Aging : Cultural Representations of Later Life
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415112591
• ISBN 13: 9780415112598
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Mike Featherstone, Andrew Wernick