01282nam a2200229Ia 4500 CTU_158233 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 99 305.260941 B634 Blaikie, Andrew Ageing and popular culture Andrew Blaikie Cambridge, UK,New York Cambridge University Press 1999 Social theorists have yet to assess the cultural implications of population aging. This book traces the historical emergence of stereotypes of retirement and documents their latter-day dissolution, making striking use of visual sources, especially photography. Policy perceptions, media images and popular understandings are shown to suggest that the extended leisure phase known as the Third Age is breaking down old barriers between mid and later life. However, as the "gray market" perpetuates the quest for eternal youth, the biological realities of deep old age present an increasingly difficult challenge Older people in popular culture,Aging,Người cao tuổi Social aspects,Nước Anh Great Britain,Great Britain Nguyên Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ