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Aged by Culture (2004)

Aged by Culture (2004)

Margaret Morganroth Gullette

Published: 2004, January 15
Authors: Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Publishers: University of Chicago Press
Pages: 278
Print type: BOOK

Description:

Reveals that aging doesn't start in our chromosomes, but in midlife downsizing, the erosion of workplace seniority, threats to Social Security, or media portrayals of "aging Xers" and "greedy" Baby Boomers. To combat the forces aging us prematurely, Gullette invites us to change our attitudes, our life storytelling, and our society. An impassioned manifesto against the pernicious ideologies that steal hope from every stage of our lives. [publisher web site].