Baby boomers
Time and ageing bodies
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gerontology
| Author: | Woodspring, Naomi | ISBN: | 9781447335153 |
| Publisher: | Policy Press | Publication: | July 1, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Policy Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Woodspring, Naomi |
| ISBN: | 9781447335153 |
| Publisher: | Policy Press |
| Publication: | July 1, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Policy Press |
| Language: | English |
This ground-breaking study of the baby boomer generation, who are now entering old age, breaks new ground in ageing research. This post-war cohort has experienced a range of social, cultural, and medical changes in regard to their notions of body, from the introduction of the Pill and the decoupling of sex and procreation to the H-Bomb and Earthrise. Yet, paradoxically, ageing is also universal. This exciting book reflects the intersection of time, ageing, body and identity to give a more nuanced and enlightened understanding of the ageing process.
This ground-breaking study of the baby boomer generation, who are now entering old age, breaks new ground in ageing research. This post-war cohort has experienced a range of social, cultural, and medical changes in regard to their notions of body, from the introduction of the Pill and the decoupling of sex and procreation to the H-Bomb and Earthrise. Yet, paradoxically, ageing is also universal. This exciting book reflects the intersection of time, ageing, body and identity to give a more nuanced and enlightened understanding of the ageing process.
