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Consumption and identity in later life
 — toward a cultural gerontology
Author(s)Chris Gilleard
Journal titleAgeing and Society, vol 16, part 4, July 1996
Pagespp 489-498
KeywordsAgeing process.
AnnotationExamines the role of contemporary consumer culture in helping older people to redefine their own identity in later life. Argues that the explanation of the cultural means by which older people develop their identities should become central to a new culturally focused social gerontology.
Accession NumberCPA-960815005 A
ClassmarkBG

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