Cultural Aging: Life Course, Lifestyle, and Senior Worlds

by Stephen Katz

Getting older is not what it used to be. Unprecedented changes to longevity, demographic, and life course patterns are transforming the social roles and experiences of older people. Cultural Aging explores this phenomenon and focuses on what it means to grow older today.

As Western populations age, positive images of aging that promote activity, autonomy, mobility, and choice have increased. On the one hand, these images defy traditionally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551115778
• ISBN13: 9781551115771
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"