{"product_id":"successful-aging-as-a-contemporary-obsession-global-perspectives-paperback-softback-9780813585338","title":"Successful Aging As a Contemporary Obsession; Global Perspectives (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813585338","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSuccessful Aging As a Contemporary Obsession\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGlobal Perspectives\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSarah Lamb (Edited by), Sarah Lamb (Contributions by), Jessica Robbins-Ruszkowski (Contributions by), Toni Calasanti (Contributions by), Anna Corwin (Contributions by), Neal King (Contributions by), Abigail Brooks (Contributions by), Imani Woody (Contributions by), Emily Wentzell (Contributions by), Elana Buch (Contributions by), Janelle S. Taylor (Contributions by), Aske Juul Lassen (Contributions by), Astrid Pernille Jespersen (Contributions by), Jason Danely (Contributions by), Judith Farquhar (Contributions by), Qicheng Zhang (Contributions by), Janet McIntosh (Contributions by), Annette Leibing (Contributions by), Meika Loe (Contributions by), Susan Reynolds Whyte (Epilogue by), Anna I. Corwin (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813585338\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 May 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages, 3 photographs\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.395 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"With public conversation about control of aging at an all-time high, these rich ethnographies from around the globe challenge stereotypes of success, failure, and ageism as they illustrate how vitality and vulnerability, independence, need, and care are resourcefully enacted.  A timely corrective, this volume is essential for anyone interested in the diverse practices of interdependence and self-making in the world's ever-aging societies.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Sharon R. Kaufman (author of Ordinary Medicine) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Lamb provides incisive deconstruction of modern notions of ‘successful aging,’ offering a wealth of theoretical perspectives on, and ethnographic illustrations of, approaches to aging in different cultural settings across the globe.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Jeanne Shea (Department of Anthropology and Center on Aging, University of Vermont) \u003cdiv\u003e\"[A] valuable aspect of \u003ci\u003eSuccessful Aging as a Contemporary Obsession\u003c\/i\u003e is its global perspective....Lamb has done extensive fieldwork in West Bengal, where, far from being idealized, 'too much independence is commonly regarded as the worst thing that can befall one in old age.'\"\u003c\/div\u003e (This Chair Rocks) \u003cdiv\u003e\"The book offers insightful and sometimes highly emotional accounts of how we find meaning in the limits of our human condition, making it a delightful read regardless of one’s professional orientation.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Anthropology News)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn recent decades, the North American public has pursued an inspirational vision of successful aging—striving through medical technique and individual effort to eradicate the declines, vulnerabilities, and dependencies previously commonly associated with old age. On the face of it, this bold new vision of successful, healthy, and active aging is highly appealing. But it also rests on a deep cultural discomfort with aging and being old.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The contributors to \u003ci\u003eSuccessful Aging\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e as a Contemporary Obsession\u003c\/i\u003e explore how the successful aging movement is playing out across five continents. Their chapters investigate a variety of people, including Catholic nuns in the United States; Hindu ashram dwellers; older American women seeking plastic surgery; aging African-American lesbians and gay men in the District of Columbia; Chicago home health care workers and their aging clients; Mexican men foregoing Viagra; dementia and Alzheimer sufferers in the United States and Brazil; and aging policies in Denmark, Poland, India, China, Japan, and Uganda. This book offers a fresh look at a major cultural and public health movement of our time, questioning what has become for many a taken-for-granted goal—aging in a way that almost denies aging itself.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Successful Aging as a Twenty-first-Century Obsession\u003cbr\u003e Sarah Lamb, Jessica Robbins-Ruszkowski, and Anna Corwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I    Gender, Sexuality, and the Allure of Anti-Aging\u003cbr\u003e 1    Successful Aging, Ageism, and the Maintenance of Age and Gender Relations\u003cbr\u003e Toni Calasanti and Neal King\u003cbr\u003e 2    Opting In or Opting Out? North American Women Share Strategies for Aging Successfully with (and without) Cosmetic Intervention\u003cbr\u003e Abigail T. Brooks\u003cbr\u003e 3    Aging Out: Ageism, Heterosexism, and Racism among Aging African American Lesbians and Gay Men\u003cbr\u003e Imani Woody\u003cbr\u003e 4    Erectile Dysfunction as Successful Aging in Mexico\u003cbr\u003e Emily Wentzell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II    Ideals of Independence, Interdependence, and Intimate Sociality in Later Life\u003cbr\u003e 5    Beyond Independence: Older Chicagoans Living Valued Lives\u003cbr\u003e Elana D. Buch\u003cbr\u003e 6    Growing Old with God: An Alternative Vision of Successful Aging among Catholic Nuns\u003cbr\u003e Anna I. Corwin\u003cbr\u003e 7    Aspiring to Activity: Universities of the Third Age, Gardening, and Other Forms of Living in Postsocialist Poland\u003cbr\u003e Jessica Robbins-Ruszkowski\u003cbr\u003e 8    Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot? Friendship in the Face of Dementia\u003cbr\u003e Janelle S. Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part III    National Policies and Everyday Practices: Individual and Collective Projects of Aging Well\u003cbr\u003e 9    Getting Old and Keeping Going: The Motivation Technologies of Active Aging in Denmark\u003cbr\u003e Aske Juul Lassen and Astrid Pernille Jespersen\u003cbr\u003e 10    Foolish Vitality: Humor, Risk, and Success in Japan\u003cbr\u003e Jason Danely\u003cbr\u003e 11    Nurturing Life in Contemporary Beijing\u003cbr\u003e Judith Farquhar and Qicheng Zhang\u003cbr\u003e 12    Depreciating Age, Disintegrating Ties: On Being Old in a Century of Declining Elderhood in Kenya\u003cbr\u003e Janet McIntosh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part IV    Medicine, Morality, and Self: Lessons from Life’\u003cbr\u003es Ends\u003cbr\u003e 13    Successful Selves? Heroic Tales of Alzheimer’\u003cbr\u003es Disease and Personhood in Brazil\u003cbr\u003e Annette Leibing\u003cbr\u003e 14    Comfortable Aging: Lessons for Living from Eighty-five and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e Meika Loe\u003cbr\u003e 15    Ageless Aging or Meaningful Decline? Aspirations of Aging and Dying in the United States and India\u003cbr\u003e Sarah Lamb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Successful Aging and Desired Interdependence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Susan Reynolds Whyte\u003cbr\u003e Notes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670798954776,"sku":"9780813585338","price":27.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/successful-aging-as-a-contemporary-obsession-global-perspectives-paperback-softback-9780813585338","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}