Teaching cross-cultural aging: Using literary portrayals of elders from Chile and the United States

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-95

  Waxman, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chilean elderly; Cultural aging; Literary elders; Literary gerontology; Literary pedagogy; Social construction of aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; CHILE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LITERATURE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644834145     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J021v26n01_06     Document Type: Article

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