Aged by Culture

by Margaret Morganroth Gullette

Book Overview

Americans enjoy longer lives and better health, yet we are becoming increasingly obsessed with trying to stay young. What drives the fear of turning 30, the boom in anti-aging products, the wars between generations? What men and women of all ages have in common is that we are being insidiously aged by the culture in which we live. In this illuminating book, Margaret Morganroth Gullette reveals that aging doesn't start in our chromosomes, but in midlife...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226310620
• ISBN13: 9780226310626
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A new cultural war for the 21st Century

Gullete's observation that "We are aged more by culture than by chromosomes" piqued my curiosity enough to buy the book...and then WOW! When I started to read it I couldn't put it down. It is scholarly,informative and clearly articulates the reality and pernicious nature of what our culture does to "aging"....and what we do to ourselves by buying into this cultural ideology. This is not a book for whiners or the feint of heart as Gullette gives us ample material and rational for challenging and changing the way we all view aging...which we can do and absolutely must do. I'm starting with a positive attitude right now! I recommend it for anyone who intends to remain a productive member of society in all stages of their life.