The image of midlife aging as decline is a destructive viewpoint constructed by our youth-loving culture. So says author Margaret Morganroth Gullette, who adds that our culture pressures us to shed youthful attributes and optimism about the future--constituting the "midlife crisis" of our time. Gullette proposes instead the concept of "age identity", a complex and satisfying way of telling our narratives of being and becoming over the entire life course.
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The image of midlife aging as decline is a destructive viewpoint constructed by our youth-loving culture. So says author Margaret Morganroth Gullette, who adds that our culture pressures us to shed youthful attributes and optimism about the future--constituting the "midlife crisis" of our time. Gullette proposes instead the concept of "age identity", a complex and satisfying way of telling our narratives of being and becoming over the entire life course.
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Add this copy of Declining to Decline: Cultural Combat and the Politics to cart. $11.99, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by University of Virginia Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. pp. 276. Excellent clean copy with light foxing around page edges. DJ has a few dents and score marks. Otherwise good as new. The author argues that aging in the USA (and elsewhere in the western world) is a culturally constructed disease-not a private psychological condition but a collective problem. A call to arms to resist this enforced 'aging' manipulation that is a blend of literary and cultural criticism, the essay and authobiography.
Add this copy of Declining to Decline: Cultural Combat and the Politics to cart. $45.78, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Univ of Virginia Pr.
