Age and identity in eighteenth-century England / by Helen Yallop.
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto,
©2013.
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| Series: | Body, gender and culture ;
no. 11. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Words and concepts: the meaning of age and aging
- The forces of aging: macrocosm and microcosm
- The new science: aging and agency
- Society and sociability: cheerfulness
- Aged identities: prescriptive behaviour for 'old men'
- Identity formations: age and 'character'
- Conclusion.