{"id":1183,"date":"2017-09-06T07:35:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T11:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/2017\/09\/learning-to-be-old-gender-culture-and-aging\/"},"modified":"2018-07-02T07:44:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T11:44:15","slug":"learning-to-be-old-gender-culture-and-aging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/09\/learning-to-be-old-gender-culture-and-aging\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Margaret Cruikshank<\/span> – Rowman and Littlefield, 2002<\/em> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In this feminist take on aging, Margaret Cruikshank maintains that our later years are shaped largely by our culture, and not for the better. She challenges stereotypes of old age and suggests that if women\u2014and men\u2014want to age comfortably, they must reject the common assumption that to be old is to be decrepit. The book argues against over-medicating elders and rebuts \u201calarmist\u201d notions that, as their numbers grow, older people will be a drain on the economy and a threat to younger generations. Cruikshank also explores the process of aging as women of color experience it. She interweaves advice for readers throughout these larger societal issues. Cruikshank is a lecturer in women’s studies and a faculty associate of the Center on Aging at the University of Maine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this feminist take on aging, Margaret Cruikshank maintains that our later years are shaped largely by our culture, and not for the better.<\/p>\n

Read more Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging<\/span> ›<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

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