Aged by culture / Margaret Morganroth Gullette.

Author/creator Gullette, Margaret Morganroth
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2004.
Description267 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Part one: 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 -- Part two: 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-248) and index.
LCCN 2003012640
ISBN0226310612 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226310620 (pbk : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ1061 .G863 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold