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Book Description: Viewing aging and identity through the critical lens of both contemporary gerontology theory and postmodernist concepts, the contributing scholars examine a vast range of issues: from disability to clothing; from aging, health and education to social philosophies and meanings of aging; and from auto-ethnographic methodologies to rethinking postmodern theories of aging. These rich examples demonstrate that traditional biomedical models of aging can no longer give universal and

First Author: Powell, Jason; Gilbert, Tony

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Bibliographic Information

Type: Book Chapter

Book Title: Aging Identity: A Dialogue with Postmodernism (2009)

Page Reference: 81-91

ISBN: 9781607411918