'If i look old, i will be treated old': Hair and later-life image dilemmas

Ageing and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 288-307

  Ward, Richard ^a   Holland, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age discrimination; ageing; ageism; gender; hair; hairdressing; identity

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; GENDER; HAIR; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; MARGINALIZATION; SYMBOLISM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79957532807     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10000863     Document Type: Article

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