The aesthetics of natural elderhood

Journal of Aging, Humanities, and the Arts

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 292-301

  Whitehouse, Peter ^a,c   George, Daniel ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Aging; Culture; Evolution; Gene Cohen; Intergenerational

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051645390     PISSN: 19325614     EISSN: 19325622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19325614.2010.534725     Document Type: Article

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