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BL
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1001805
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b756175
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Aging and identity : : a humanities perspective /\ edited by Sara Munson Deats and Lagretta Tallent Lenker.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Praeger,, 1999.
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1 online resource (x, 256 pages)
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| ISBN
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0313371202
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: 9780313371202
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0275964795
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9780275964795
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-246), filmography and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: THE AGING MALE IN LITERATURE; PART II: THE AGING FEMALE IN LITERATURE; PART III: AGING IN THE COMMUNITY; PART IV: AGING IN THE FINE AND POPULAR ARTS; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Editors and Contributors.
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| Abstract
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Viewing artistic works through the lens of both contemporary gerontological theory and postmodernist concepts, the contributing scholars examine literary treatments, cinematic depictions, and artistic portraits of aging from Shakespeare to Hemingway, from Horton Foote to Disney, from Rembrandt to Alice Neale, while also comparing the attitudes toward aging in Native American, African American, and Anglo American literature. The examples demonstrate that long before gerontologists endorsed a Janus-faced model of aging, artists were celebrating the diversity of the elderly, challenging the bio-m.
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Aging in art.
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Aging in literature.
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Old age in literature.
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Older people in art.
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Older people in mass media.
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Older people in popular culture.
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Personnes âgées dans la culture populaire.
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Personnes âgées dans l'art.
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Personnes âgées dans les médias.
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Vieillesse dans la littérature.
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Vieillissement dans la littérature.
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Vieillissement dans l'art.
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Aging in art.
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Aging in literature.
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Aging.
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Literatur
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Old age in literature.
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Older people in art.
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Older people in mass media.
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Older people in popular culture.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Gerontology.
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Volkskultur
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Alter.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.26
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| LC Classification
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HQ1061.A444 1999eb
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| Added Entry
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Deats, Sara Munson.
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Lenker, Lagretta Tallent.
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