Learning to be old : gender, culture, and aging
Describes beliefs, customs, and traditions surrounding aging in America and suggests that awareness of these social constructions can help women resist their negative impact. After critiquing cultural myths, ageism, the politics of aging, and mainstream gerontology, she proposes a feminist "gerastology" in which older women "including minorities and lesbians) interview their peers as part of the research agenda
Print Book, English, ©2003
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Md, ©2003