Age scholar Andrea Charise explains what makes this metaphor so ageist & and so powerful

This issue unpacks some underlying issues in ageism  terms within age studies, including elderly, senior citizen, age-friendly, boomer, dementia sufferer, functionality, population, and vulnerability. The journal remains committed to its initial mission to promote cross-disciplinary, critical investigations of the experiences of age, aging, and later life, as seen through the lens of the humanities and arts.

Age Culture Humanities An interdisciplinary Journal

This issue unpacks the meaning- & underlying ageism & ableism- of contested terms within age studies, including elderly, senior citizen, age-friendly, boomer, dementia sufferer, functionality, population, & vulnerability


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