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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"aging bodies"”.
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Gray Matters: Aging in the Age of #grannyhair
… show that women's behaviors and presentations of aging are policed by cultural standards of age-appropriate appearance and performance, particularly in regards to their hair. Qualitative content analysis of #grannyhair images are examined to assess the extent of age-based stereotypes and policing …
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Rewriting the aging body: literacy, technology, and history
… literacy is shaped not only by what their bodies can no longer do, but also (and especially) by what their bodies have been doing for a lifetime. According to the U.S. Administration on Aging, the over-65 population will eventually make up as much as twenty percent of the U.S. population. …
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"I don't want to go up the hill": Symbolic Boundary Work Among Residents of an Assisted Living Community
… participation may be important, valuations of bodies were more likely to influence "othering" of residents, although the two are related. This study enriches our understanding of how symbolic boundary use varies by group and context, as well as makes theoretical contributions to the literature …