Ravishing or ravaged: Women's relationships with women in the context of aging and western beauty culture

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 307-327

  Gosselink, Carol A ^a   Cox, Deborah L ^a   McCure, Sarissa J ^b   De Jong, Mary L G ^c  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hernando Pasco Hospice   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; NARRATIVE; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; WESTERN EUROPE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY IMAGE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42049123434     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.66.4.c     Document Type: Article

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