Age as Disease - Anti-Aging Technologies, Sites and Practices (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)

Age as Disease explores the foundations of gerontology as a discipline to examine the ways contemporary society constructs old age as a disease-state. Framed throughout as 'gerontological hygeine', this book examines contemporary regimes, strategies and treatment protocols deployed throughout Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The book deploys critical cultural theories such as biopolitics, somatechnics, ethics, and governmentality to examine how anti-aging technologies operate to problematise the aging body as always-already diseased, and how these come to constitute a movement of abolition, named here as 'gerontological hygiene'.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	March 2022
First published:	2021
Authors:	David-Jack Fletcher
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	349
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-981-16-0015-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > Biotechnology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adults > Elderly
LSN:	981-16-0015-5
Barcode:	9789811600159

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