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A Spinster with a Twist: The Amateur Sleuth and Perspectives on Ageing and Gender in the Sunday Philosophy Club Series 一个扭曲的老处女:周日哲学俱乐部系列中的业余侦探和对老龄化和性别的看法

Cultural Perspectives on Aging Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1515/9783110683042-008

Emma Domínguez-Rué

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Cultural Perspectives on Aging Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1515/9783110683042-013

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Personal Growth, Creativity and Transcendence in Old Age. A Psychological Analysis 老年人的个人成长、创造力和超越。心理分析

Cultural Perspectives on Aging Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1515/9783110683042-002

A. Kruse

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Confronting Loss when ‘Life Changes in the Instant’: Ageism and Successful Aging in the ‘Case’ of Joan Didion 当“生活瞬间改变”时面对损失:琼·迪迪安“案例”中的年龄歧视和成功老龄化

Cultural Perspectives on Aging Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1515/9783110683042-006

H. Hartung

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Electronic Health and Ambient Assisted Living: On the Technisation of Ageing and Responsibility 电子健康和环境辅助生活:论老龄化和责任的技术化

Cultural Perspectives on Aging Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1515/9783110683042-004

H. Fangerau, N. Hansson, Vasilija Rolfes

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Introduction: Perspectives on Cultural Aging at a Glance 导论:文化老龄化透视

Cultural Perspectives on Aging Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1515/9783110683042-001

A. V. Hülsen-Esch

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Historical Considerations on the Ethics of Aging: Examples from the Sixteenth Century 老龄化伦理的历史思考:以16世纪为例

Cultural Perspectives on Aging Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1515/9783110683042-003

D. Schäfer

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± 100: Old Age and New Photography ±100:老年和新摄影

Cultural Perspectives on Aging Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1515/9783110683042-009

Hanna Baro

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Cultural Perspectives on Aging Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1515/9783110683042-fm

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Not Your Grandmother’s Ageism: Ageism Across the Life Course 不是你祖母的年龄歧视:贯穿一生的年龄歧视

Cultural Perspectives on Aging Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1515/9783110683042-005

Erin Gentry Lamb

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