Aging angry : making peace with rage / Amanda Smith Barusch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barusch, Amanda Smith, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anger--Social aspects.

Anger.

Aging--Psychological aspects.

Aging.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 204 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Fear of anger can ultimately be as destructive as expressed rage, fomenting social isolation, injustice, & misunderstanding. In 'Aging Angry', Amanda Smith Barusch argues that now, more than ever, it is time for older adults to turn toward anger rather than denying or avoiding it. By taking anger seriously, we can neutralize its destructive potential & harness its energy & wisdom for personal & social change. Barusch draws upon the experiences of hundreds of older adults & a wealth of literary & academic sources to empower readers with new understanding of anger's sources, dynamics, & possibilities. Topics range from anger & race in the United States to mass violence committed by older adults to aged activists who have changed our world. In rich & insightful prose, accompanied throughout by powerful case studies, this text forcefully demonstrates that anger - & even - can be transformative.

Contents:

Cover

Aging Angry

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface: Who's Angry Now?

Acknowledgments

A Note on Memory

1. Aging While Angry

What's Anger?

Simple Truths versus Scientific Proofs

Death by a Thousand Cuts

They're Just Going to Die Anyway

Ageism at Work

Family Matters

Mad as Hell

Don't Put a Lid on It

Anger Unbound

2. Speaking of Anger

Telling It Slant

I Just Exploded

Disgusting Idioms

Metaphors from Other Lands

Hold Your Tongue

Cantankerous, Crotchety, and Grumpy

3. Anger Through the Ages

Contemplating Aristotle

If a Thing Is Bad

Vengeance Is Mine

Was Jesus Angry?

Is Anger a Sin?

My Nightmare

4. Angry Bodies

Inside the Lizard Brain

The Survival Circuit

Late Life Variability

Bad for Us or Just Plain Bad?

Context Matters

5. Women Cry /​ Men Rage

Anger Makes You Ugly

Real Men Don't

I Need Another Happy Pill

A Lot to Be Angry About

Are Men Really Angrier?

A Gender Paradox

6. Race and Anger in Later Life

Angry Times in American Streets

Of Life and Time

The Tiresomeness of It All

A Legacy for the Grandchildren

Anger Builds Character

7. Elders on Social Media

The Rage Contagion

Cyberspace for Rants

A Duty to Die?

Seniors Trapped in YouTube

Meanwhile, Back in the U.S.A.

The Anger Project Online

8. Lessons on Anger and Love

Homes Full of Anger

A Panoply of Family Anger

The Lovers' Quarrel

The Sulk

Serpents' Teeth

Kick the Dog Syndrome

9. Aging, Angry, and Armed to the Teeth

A Very Big Year

Yeah, It Fits

War on the Government

People Talking Down to Me

A Regular Old Neighbor

Santa's Coming

A Family Annihilator

What Was Wrong with This Man?

That Nagging Sense of Unfairness

Rage-​onomics

Not Again.

Beyond Disgruntled

10. Taming the Rage

Intermittent Explosive Disorder

Helping People Manage Anger

Stop Dictating to Us

Destroy That Monster

Sometimes Therapy Works

Time's Passage

11. Embracing the Anger

Chemical Restraint

A Dose of Hope

American Cool

A Word from the Wise

Turning toward Anger

12. Changing the World

Anger Constrained?

Great Old Broads and Raging Grannies

Choosing Anger

Striking a Light

Conclusion: The Eye of the Heart

Appendices

Appendix 1: The Anger Project

Appendix 2: The Interview Protocol

Appendix 3: Internet Survey Instrument

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 23, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-758466-7

0-19-758467-5

0-19-758465-9

OCLC:

1410599347