Books on Ageism
Ageism: Stereotyping and Prejudice Against Older Persons by
Current research and theory from a range of disciplines on ageism, discussing issues from elder abuse to age discrimination against workers, revised and updated. People commonly use age to categorize and stereotype others-even though those who stereotype the elderly are eventually bound to become elderly themselves. Ageism is found cross-culturally, but it is especially prevalent in the United States, where most people regard growing older with depression, fear, and anxiety. Older people in the United States are stigmatized and marginalized, with often devastating consequences. This volume collects the latest theory and research on prejudice against older people, offering perspectives from psychology, nursing, medicine, social work, and other fields.
Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2017-05-12
Agewise by Call Number: HQ1061 .G8633 2011 East Peoria and Peoria LibrariesISBN: 9780226310732Publication Date: 2011-04-15
The End Game : How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years by
Senior citizens face a gauntlet of physical, psychological, and social hurdles. But do disadvantages accumulated over a lifetime make the final years especially difficult for some people? Or does the quality of life among poor and affluent seniors converge? Corey Abramson investigates whether lifelong inequality structures the lives of the elderly.
Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2015-06-09
Shame and the Aging Woman by
This book brings together the research findings of contemporary feminist age studies scholars, shame theorists, and feminist gerontologists in order to unfurl the affective dynamics of gendered ageism. In her analysis of what she calls "embodied shame," J. Brooks Bouson describes older women's shame about the visible signs of aging and the health and appearance of their bodies as they undergo the normal processes of bodily aging. Examining both fictional and nonfiction works by contemporary North American and British women authors, this book offers a sustained analysis of the various ways that ageism devalues and damages the identities of otherwise psychologically healthy women in our graying culture. Shame theory, as Bouson shows, astutely explains why gendered ageism is so deeply entrenched in our culture and why even aging feminists may succumb to this distressing, but sometimes hidden, cultural affliction.
Call Number: ebookISBN: 9783319317113Publication Date: 2016-06-13
The Age of Ageing Better? : A Manifesto for Our Future by
The Age of Ageing Better? takes a radically different view of what our ageing society means. Dr Anna Dixon turns the misleading and depressing narrative of burden and massive extra cost of people living longer on its head and shows how our society could thrive if we started thinking differently. This book shines a spotlight on how as a society we're currently failing to respond to the shifting age profile - and what needs to change. Examining key areas of society including health, financial security, where and how people live, and social connections, Anna Dixon presents a refreshingly optimistic vision for the future that could change the way we value later life in every sense.
Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2020-08-11
Childism: confronting prejudice against children by
The author exposes American society's prejudice against its children--from corporal punishment and an uncaring foster care system to the pressure placed on children to support one parent or another in a divorce--and the harm it causes them.
Call Number: HQ767.9 .Y667 2012 East Peoria and Peoria LibrariesISBN: 9780300173116Publication Date: 2012-01-10
What is Ageism?
"Ageism is the stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination against people on the basis of their age."
Ashton Applewhite explains the effects of age discrimination on the health and livelihood of people.
Ageism Films
- Cut Back: Facing Ageism"The documentary, CUT BACK: facing ageism, brings to light the often subtle and the not so subtle sting of ageism. With her focus on the workforce director Patricia Sahertian takes a look at a diverse group of people across the nation who have been affected by age discrimination. In their own words, they tell their personal story about how ageism has touched their lives. The stories are interspersed by comments from lawyers, advisers, employment specialist and many more who are trying to make a difference about the effects of ageism." - Patricia Sahertian
Terms for Researching
Examples of key terms to use while researching:
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Ageism
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Age discrimination
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Ageing AND Social aspects
Research Resources
- Ageing - World Health OrganizationA collection of information and statistics on ageing and its effect on people and populations around the world.
- American Society on Ageing"Founded in 1954, the American Society on Aging is an association of diverse individuals bound by a common goal: to support the commitment and enhance the knowledge and skills of those who seek to improve the quality of life of older adults and their families. The membership of ASA is multidisciplinary and inclusive of professionals who are concerned with the physical, emotional, social, economic and spiritual aspects of aging."
- Old School"Old School is a clearinghouse of free and carefully vetted resources to educate people about ageism and help dismantle it. You’ll find blogs, books, articles, videos, speakers, and other tools (workshops, handouts, curricula etc.) that are accessible to the general public. Our goal is to help catalyze a movement to make ageism (discrimination on the basis of age) as unacceptable as any other kind of prejudice."