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Welcome to Middle Age (& Other Cultural Fictions) (Paper) Paperback - 1998
by Richard A. Shweder
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Many of us believe we recognize the symptoms of middle age--lower back pain, mortgages, and an aversion to loud late-night activities. WELCOME TO MIDDLE AGE! explores the significance of this pervasive cultural representation alongside the alternative "fictions" that represent the life course in other regions of the world where middle age does not exist. Illustrated.
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- Title Welcome to Middle Age (& Other Cultural Fictions) (Paper)
- Author Richard A. Shweder
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Printing
- Condition New
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Univ of Chicago Pr, Chicago
- Date 1998
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # x-0226756084
- ISBN 9780226756080 / 0226756084
- Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 9.02 x 6.03 x 0.68 in (22.91 x 15.32 x 1.73 cm)
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Themes
- Generational Orientation: Elderly/Aged
- Library of Congress subjects Middle age - Cross-cultural studies
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97045115
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.244
First line
Looking over the vast explosion of midlife discourse, both popular and scholarly, that has become such a feature of seventies', eighties', and nineties' common sense in the United States, a cultural inquirer cannot help but observe that the boom has created as well as targeted an audience for the messages.