Gendered identities in old age: Toward (de)gendering?

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 379-397

  Silver, Catherine B ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Feminism; Gender; Psychoanalysis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; BODY IMAGE; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENDER; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141920724     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-4065(03)00059-8     Document Type: Article

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