Aging in America : : A Cultural History / / Lawrence R. Samuel.
Aging is a preoccupation shared by beauty bloggers, serious journalists, scientists, doctors, celebrities—arguably all of adult America, given the pervasiveness of the crusade against it in popular culture and the media. We take our youth-oriented culture as a given but, as Lawrence R. Samuel argues...
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Samuel, Lawrence R., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Aging in America : A Cultural History / Lawrence R. Samuel. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource (208 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Old in the Country of the Young -- 2. The De-Aging of America -- 3. The Aging of Aquarius -- 4. The Perpetual Adolescent -- 5. The Silver Tsunami -- 6. Raging Against Aging -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Aging is a preoccupation shared by beauty bloggers, serious journalists, scientists, doctors, celebrities—arguably all of adult America, given the pervasiveness of the crusade against it in popular culture and the media. We take our youth-oriented culture as a given but, as Lawrence R. Samuel argues, this was not always the case. Old age was revered in early America, in part because it was so rare. Indeed, it was not until the 1960s, according to Samuel, that the story of aging in America became the one we are most familiar with today: aging is a disease that science will one day cure, and in the meantime, signs of aging should be prevented, masked, and treated as a source of shame.By tracing the story of aging in the United States over the course of the last half century, Samuel vividly demonstrates the ways in which getting older tangibly contradicts the prevailing social values and attitudes of our youth-obsessed culture. As a result, tens of millions of adults approaching their sixties and seventies in this decade do not know how to age, as they were never prepared to do so.Despite recent trends that suggest a more positive outlook, getting old is still viewed in terms of physical and cognitive decline, resulting in discrimination in the workplace and marginalization in social life. Samuels concludes Aging in America by exhorting his fellow baby boomers to use their economic clout and sheer numbers to change the narrative of aging in America. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2020) Aging History 20th century United States. Aging History 21st century United States. Aging Social aspects History 20th century United States. Aging Social aspects History 21st century United States. Aging Social aspects United States History 20th century. Aging Social aspects United States History 21st century. Aging United States History 20th century. Aging United States History 21st century. Older people United States History 20th century. Older people United States History 21st century. Population aging United States History 20th century. Population aging United States History 21st century. American History. American Studies. Cultural Studies. HISTORY / United States / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017 9783110540550 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE ENGLISH 2017 9783110625264 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2017 9783110547764 ZDB-23-DEG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package 2017 9783110550306 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812293654 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812293654 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780812293654.jpg |
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