How various 'cultures of fitness' shape subjective experiences of growing older

Ageing and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-244

  Paulson, Susan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing body; Cultures of fitness; Resisting ageing; Subjective experiences of ageing

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION;

EID: 15944378865     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X04002971     Document Type: Article

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