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Agewise
Margaret Morganroth Gullette
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Description for Agewise
Hardcover. Drawing on evidence from biomedicine, literature, economics, and personal stories, this title probes the ageism that drives discontent with our bodies, our selves, and our accomplishments - and makes us easy prey for marketers who want to sell us an illusory vision of youthful perfection. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: VFJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
Let's face it: almost everyone fears growing older. We worry about losing our looks, our health, our jobs, our self-esteem - and being supplanted in work and love by younger people. It feels like the natural, inevitable consequence of the passing years, but what if it's not? What if nearly everything that we think of as the 'natural' process of aging is anything but? In "Agewise", renowned cultural critic Margaret Morganroth Gullette reveals that much of what we dread about aging is actually the result of ageism - which we can, and should, battle as strongly as we do racism, ... Read more
Let's face it: almost everyone fears growing older. We worry about losing our looks, our health, our jobs, our self-esteem - and being supplanted in work and love by younger people. It feels like the natural, inevitable consequence of the passing years, but what if it's not? What if nearly everything that we think of as the 'natural' process of aging is anything but? In "Agewise", renowned cultural critic Margaret Morganroth Gullette reveals that much of what we dread about aging is actually the result of ageism - which we can, and should, battle as strongly as we do racism, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226310732
SKU
V9780226310732
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99-15
About Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Margaret Morganroth Gullette is the author of three previous books, including Aged by Culture, also published by the University of Chicago Press. She is a resident scholar in the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University.
Reviews for Agewise
"We haven't done justice to age in the popular press. Margaret Gullette may change that. It will be a more mature country that takes note of so important a voice, giving hope that our culture may yet value wrinkles-the face's road map of experience-accumulated from smiles, tears, and the hard-won wisdom of the body." -Bill Moyers "Eloquent and infuriating, packed ... Read more