Negotiating ageing : cultural adaptation to the prospect of a long life /

Negotiating ageing : cultural adaptation to the prospect of a long life /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Biggs, Simon, 1955- author.
Imprint:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Description:	x, 183 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge key themes in health and society Routledge key themes in health and society.
Subject:	Older people -- Social conditions. Aging. Aging -- Cross-cultural studies. Cultural pluralism. Aging. Cultural pluralism. Older people -- Social conditions. Cross-cultural studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11446976

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ISBN:	9781138947757 113894775X 9781315669908
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Acknowledgements
The promise of a long life
Interrogating personal and intergenerational ageing
Work to the rescue?
Is work good or bad for health?
Spirit, belief and the in-between
Lifecourse, gerotranscendence and wisdom
The ageing body, the social and the natural
Anti ageing
Dementia
Family and generations
Conclusions
Index.