Over the last decade, Cultural Gerontology has emerged as one of the most vibrant
elements of writing about age (Twigg, J., & Martin, W.(Eds.)(2015). The Routledge handbook …

“Stereotype threat” is often thought of as a singular construct, with moderators and
mechanisms that are stable across groups and domains. However, this is not always true. To …

Women tend to live longer than men, and thus typically have more interactions with the
healthcare system in old age than men do. Ageism and stereotypes of older people in …

A brave book with a polemical argument on the paradoxes, struggles and advantages of
aging. How old am I? Don't ask, don't tell. As the baby boomers approach their sixth or …

Margaret Cruikshank's Learning to Be Old examines what it means to grow old in America
today. The book questions social myths and fears about aging, sickness, and the other …

Fashion and age sit uncomfortably together. Fashion inhabits a world of youthful beauty, of
fantasy, imagination, allure. Its discourses are frenetic and frothy; its images glamorous and …

The mainstream media provides a constant flow of visual images of men and women,
whether it is via newscasts, billboards, magazines, or television. In media research, these …

We would like to thank Rachel Hazelwood, our Editorial Administrator for the Routledge
Handbook of Cultural Gerontology who showed organisation, patience and kindness …

A basic premise of this book is that contemporary western societies are characterized by
inequality. For those of us involved in working with people and their problems, this presents …

A History of Ageism Since 1969 Page 1 10 | Fall 2015 • Vol. 39 .No. 3 GENERATIONS –
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