Losing lear, finding ageism

Journal of Aging, Humanities, and the Arts

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 61-69

  Gullette, Margaret Morganroth ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageism; Anti ageism; Authority; Capitalism; Characterizations; Cult of youth; Decline ideology; Depression; Directors; Family dynamics; Feminism; Filial kindness; French Revolution; Geriatricians (training of); Humanistic gerontology; Ideology; Inter generational connections; Interpretation; Justice; Literature; Midlife workers; Patriarchy; Positive aging; Racial history; Readers; Respect; Seniority; Social Security; Staging; Teaching ageism; Writers (responsibility of); Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012537460     PISSN: 19325614     EISSN: 19325622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19325610701410973     Document Type: Article

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