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The anthology is far more culturally diverse than the few other
literary collections on aging. Ranging from ancient Chinese poetry
to Mary Oliver, Alice Walker, and Willie Nelson, the anthology
includes poetry, fiction, philosophical essays, personal essays,
humor, analyses of ageism, and folktales from Asia and Iraq. Fierce
with Reality highlights writings by women, from late 19th century
American literature to the present. Many facets of aging are
explored, revealing the challenges and complexities of late life,
and demonstrating that the aging process is both individual and
social/cultural. Fierce with Reality, aimed at a general audience
as well as students and professors, would be ideal for book groups.
Margaret Cruikshank's Learning to Be Old examines what it means to
grow old in America today. The book questions social myths and
fears about aging, sickness, and the other social roles of the
elderly, the over-medicalization of many older people, and ageism.
In this book, Cruikshank proposes alternatives to the ways aging is
usually understood in both popular culture and mainstream
gerontology. Learning to Be Old does not propose the ideas of
"successful aging" or "productive aging," but more the idea of
"learning" how to age. Featuring new research and analysis, the
third edition of Learning to be Old demonstrates, more thoroughly
than the previous editions, that aging is socially constructed.
Among texts on aging the book is unique in its clear focus on the
differences in aging for women and men, as well as for people in
different socioeconomic groups. Cruikshank is able to put aging in
a broad context that not only focuses on how aging affects women
but men, as well. Key updates in the third edition include changes
in the health care system, changes in how long older Americans are
working especially given the impact of the recession, and new
material on the brain and mind-body interconnections. Cruikshank
impressively challenges conventional ideas about aging in this
third edition of Learning to be Old. This will be a must-read for
everyone interested in new ideas surrounding aging in America
today.
First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and
Francis, an informa company.
Series Information: Revolutionary Thought/Radical Movements
Margaret Cruikshank's Learning to Be Old examines what it means to
grow old in America today. The book questions social myths and
fears about aging, sickness, and the other social roles of the
elderly, the over-medicalization of many older people, and ageism.
In this book, Cruikshank proposes alternatives to the ways aging is
usually understood in both popular culture and mainstream
gerontology. Learning to Be Old does not propose the ideas of
"successful aging" or "productive aging," but more the idea of
"learning" how to age. Featuring new research and analysis, the
third edition of Learning to be Old demonstrates, more thoroughly
than the previous editions, that aging is socially constructed.
Among texts on aging the book is unique in its clear focus on the
differences in aging for women and men, as well as for people in
different socioeconomic groups. Cruikshank is able to put aging in
a broad context that not only focuses on how aging affects women
but men, as well. Key updates in the third edition include changes
in the health care system, changes in how long older Americans are
working especially given the impact of the recession, and new
material on the brain and mind-body interconnections. Cruikshank
impressively challenges conventional ideas about aging in this
third edition of Learning to be Old. This will be a must-read for
everyone interested in new ideas surrounding aging in America
today.
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