Heroines, villains and victims: Older people's perceptions of others

Ageing and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 883-900

  Townsend, Jean ^a   Godfrey, Mary ^a   Denby, Tracy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Fourth age; Older people; Perceptions; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

AGING; PERCEPTION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750467627     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X06005149     Document Type: Article

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