Fierce With Reality - Literature on Aging

The anthology is far more culturally diverse than the few other literary collections on aging. Ranging from ancient Chinese poetry to Mary Oliver, Alice Walker, and Willie Nelson, the anthology includes poetry, fiction, philosophical essays, personal essays, humor, analyses of ageism, and folktales from Asia and Iraq. Fierce with Reality highlights writings by women, from late 19th century American literature to the present. Many facets of aging are explored, revealing the challenges and complexities of late life, and demonstrating that the aging process is both individual and social/cultural. Fierce with Reality, aimed at a general audience as well as students and professors, would be ideal for book groups.

List of contents

The Old Poets of China, Mary Oliver
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: A Kaleidoscope of Images
Chapter 2: Homage to Grandmothers
Chapter 3: Strength and Wisdom
Chapter 4: Aging is Not for Sissies
Chapter 5: Growth and Change
Chapter 6: Defiance and Self-Determination
Chapter 7: Loss
Chapter 8: Humor
Chapter 9: Ageism
Chapter 10: The Fountain of Youth: Two Asian Versions
Chapter 11: Reflections
About the Editor
Suggested Reading

About the author

Margaret Cruikshank retired from the women's studies faculty at the University of Maine, where she is currently an associate of the university's Center on Aging. She is the author of Learning to be Old: gender, culture and aging, 3rd ed., Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.

Summary

Fierce with Reality presents a diverse range of literature on aging that demonstrates the challenges, complexities and pleasurable aspects of late life. Many facets of aging are explored, revealing the challenges and complexities of late life, and demonstrating that the aging process is both individual and social/cultural.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Cruikshank, Cruikshank Margaret
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2016
• EAN: 9780761868705
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6870-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Poetry, SELF-HELP / Motivational & Inspirational, SELF-HELP / Aging, POETRY / Women Authors, POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors, Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Poetry anthologies (various poets), Coping with ageing, Coping with old age