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Feminist Women Bequeath To Us A Powerful Critique Of Our Society's Obsession With Beauty And Impossible Body Ideals. Having Refused Makeup, High Heels, And Short Skirts In Their Youth, These Women Are Now Entering The Most Stigmatized Stage In A Woman's Life - Old Age. As She Becomes The Older Woman, The Feminist's Rejection Of Beauty Standards And Her Ability To Locate Self-worth Is Being Challenged. How Will Feminists Respond To The Issues Raised In This Phase Of Their Lives? By Confronting The Issues Unique To Older Women In Our Culture And Society, These Authors Redress The Neglect And Isolation Experienced Within Contemporary Feminism And Gerontology. Ultimately, The Goal Of The Book Is To Inspire The Aging Woman To More Easily Embrace The Older Other Within Her. The Double Standard Of Aging / Susan Sontag -- Portnoy's Mother's Complaints / Pauline Bart -- The Plight Of Older Black Women / Jacquelyne Johnson Jackson -- The Feminization Of Poverty Among The Elderly / Robyn I. Stone -- Older Women In The City / Elizabeth W. Markson And Beth B. Hess -- Friends Or Foes : Gerontological And Feminist Theory / Shulamit Reinharz -- Heresy In The Female Body : The Rhetorics Of Menopaus

Author

Marilyn Pearsall

Publisher

Routledge

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780429964602

Subjects

Science, Sociology, Gender Studies