Older women and 'frailty': Aged, gendered and embodied resistance

Current Sociology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-228

  Grenier, Amanda ^a   Hanley, Jill ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Care; Community organizing; Embodiment; Frailty; Gender; Narrative; Older women; Organizational practices; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947721641     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392107073303     Document Type: Review

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