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The "ageless self"? Emplacement of identities in sun belt retirement communities
Author(s)Kevin E McHugh
Journal titleJournal of Aging Studies, vol 14, no 1, March 2000
Pagespp 103-116
KeywordsAgeing process ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Retirement areas ; United States of America.
AnnotationIn this article, the author criticises the concept of the "ageless self" and illuminate its expression as a potent societal script in "successful" ageing. The image of the ageless self in the Sun Belt retirement communities is examined, and it is argued that place-based images of ageing are signs of deeply embedded ageist attitudes and societal values. The author calls for multiple epistemologies in exploring the spatiality of aging and in forging a geographically informed critical gerontology. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-000522253 A
ClassmarkBG: TOB: RO: 7T

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