American Eldercide | Buch

Cover: 9780226827766 | American Eldercide | How It Happened, How to Prevent It | Gullette

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"Of the Americans who have died of COVID-19, 20% have been elderly people residing in nursing facilities--even though they make up less than a percent of the overall US population. Throughout the pandemic, several argued that there was nothing to be done about the people dying in these facilities; they felt that, given the higher likelihood of serious disease and death among that population, younger, able-bodied, and more economically productive members of society should be prioritized instead. Meanwhile, elderly folks continued to be neglected. As Margaret Morganroth Gullette shows, nothing about this tragedy was inevitable. Gullette, an activist and scholar, argues that it was our collective indifference, fueled by ageism, that killed our elderly population, compounded by our fear of and disgust toward aging and our cultural enshrinement of youth-based decisions about life-saving care, even before sufficient data was available. Walking us through the decisions that lead to such discrimination, revealing how governments and media reinforced ageist biases, and collecting the ignored voices of the elderly, Gullette helps us understand the makings of what she powerfully calls an "eldercide." A chronicle of how ageism turned lethal, this book is an act of remembrance and a call to action that aims to prevent a similar outcome in the next pandemic"--

Über den Autor

Margaret Morganroth Gullette is a cultural critic and anti-ageism pioneer whose prize-winning work is foundational in critical age studies. She is the author of several books, including Agewise, Aged by Culture, and Ending Ageism, or How Not to Shoot Old People. Her writing has appeared in publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, Atlantic, Nation, and theBoston Globe. She is a resident scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis, and lives in Newton, Massachusetts.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2024
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Ratgeber
Thema:	Lebensführung allgemein
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13:	9780226827766
ISBN-10:	0226827763
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Gullette, Margaret Morganroth
Hersteller:	University of Chicago Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	231 x 157 x 28 mm
Von/Mit:	Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Erscheinungsdatum:	22.10.2024
Gewicht:	0,654 kg

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