Images of Aging - Cultural Representations of Later Life (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1995
First published:	1995
Editors:	Mike Featherstone • Andrew Wernick
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-11259-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adults > Elderly
LSN:	0-415-11259-1
Barcode:	9780415112598

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