Ageism : stereotyping and prejudice against older persons / edited by Todd D. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nelson, Todd D., 1966- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ageism.

Ageism--United States.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 365 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]

Contents:

Origins of ageism

Ageism in childhood / Yoav S. Bergmag

Implicit ageism / Maria Clara P. de Paula Couto and Dirk Wentura

Succession, consumption, and identity : prescriptive ageism domains / Michael S. North and Susan T. Fiske

How our mortal fate contributes to ageism : a terror management perspective / Jeff Greenberg, Peter Helm, Molly Maxfield, and Jeff Schimel

Effects of ageism

Ageism and elder mistreatment : talking the talk but not walking the walk / Lynn McDonald

Ageism and the helping professions / Sarah H. Kagan

The nature and effects of patronizing speech on older adults / Daphne Blunt Bugental and Jessica A. Hehman

Age discrimination and older workers / Barbara Griffin, Piers Bayl-Smith, and Jennifer Barbour

Applications

What's holding us back? : ageism in higher education / Susan Krauss Whitbourne and Joann M. Montepare

Cross cultural differences in ageism / Ehud Bodner

Combating ageism / Laura Shannonhouse, Amanda Rumsey, and Mary Chase Mize

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Revised edition of Ageism, c2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780262533409

0262533405

OCLC:

969153407