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Informationen zum Autor ELLYN LEM is a professor of English and gender studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha. Klappentext Gray Matters: Finding Meaning in the Stories of Later Life examines films, literature, and art that focus on aging, often made by people who are over sixty-five. These texts are analyzed alongside recent gerontology research and extensive commentary from interviews and surveys of seniors to show how "stories" illuminate the dynamics of growing old by blending fact with imagination, giving a fuller picture of the aging process. Zusammenfassung Aging is one of the most compelling issues today, with record numbers of seniors over sixty-five worldwide. Gray Matters: Finding Meaning in the Stories of Later Life examines a diverse array of cultural works including films, literature, and even art that represent this time of life, often made by people who are seniors themselves. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Margaret Cruikshank Introduction: “Where Do I Begin?”Senior Parents and Their Adult Children: “Can’t We All Just Get Along?”Surveying the Housing Options: “No Place like Home”?Understanding Memory Loss: “Am I Losing my Mind?”Intimacy: “Love is All You Need”?Women and Men: “Separate But Equal”?Money, Work and Retirement: “Are We There Yet?”Death: “The Final Frontier”? Afterword Acknowledgments Works Cited Index
