The Other Within Us: Feminist Explorations Of Women And Aging
Author:   Marilyn Pearsall ,  Marilyn Pearsall
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
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9780813381633


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   14 February 1997
Format:   Paperback
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The Other Within Us: Feminist Explorations Of Women And Aging


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Author:   Marilyn Pearsall ,  Marilyn Pearsall
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Westview Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780813381633


ISBN 10:   0813381630
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   14 February 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction -- Situating -- The Double Standard of Aging -- Portnoy’s Mother’s Complaints -- The Plight of Older Black Women -- The Feminization of Poverty Among the Elderly -- Older Women in the City -- Problematizing -- Friends or Foes -- Heresy in the Female Body -- Gender, Race, and Class -- The View from Over the Hill -- Adult Daughters and Care for the Elderly -- What Setting Limits May Mean -- Representing -- Sunset Boulevard -- Remembering Our Foremothers -- Visible Difference -- Time Will Tell -- Privileging -- Toward Another Dimension … -- Indian Summer -- In the Heat of Shadow -- Mirror of Strength -- The Space Crone -- Serenity and Power

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Marilyn Pearsall teaches philosophy and women's studies at the University of Puget Sound and is a research associate at the Five College Women's Studies Research centre.

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