AgingintheSocialEnvironmentexaminestheagingprocessfrommicro,mezzo,andmacrolenses.Themicrolenslooksatindividualprocessesofagingsuchasbiological,emotional,spiritual,andpsychologicalfactorsalongwithtopicssuchashealth,resilience,sexuality,andcreativityasweage.Themezzolenslooksatprocessesbeyondtheindividualincludingwork,roles,family,caregiving,livingarrangements,religiousinvolvement,andhealthcare.Themacrolenslooksatfactorssuchasculture,media,laws,policies,language,andstereotypesaboutaging.Chaptersintegrateinformationfromanintersectionalperspective:topicsarediscussedexaminingfactorssuchasage,class,race,ethnicity,geography,culture,genderidentification,andsexualorientation.Also,topicsareapproachedusingqueer,feminist,andstrengths-basedapproachesinsteadofaproblem-basedapproach,asusedinmosttexts.Theseapproacheshelpstudentstocriticallythinkaboutcurrent,entrenchedattitudesaboutagingandtolookatagingprocessesfromdifferentperspectives.Itgivesattentionthroughoutontheuseoflanguageandstereotypesfortheagingprocess,andincorporatesnew,strengths-basedlanguage(e.g.,thirdage)toprovidereaderswithalternativewaysofthinkingandtalkingaboutaging.Finally,thebookisorganizedusingahumandevelopmentapproachtointegrateagingmorethoroughlywiththeentiredevelopmentalprocessratherthantreatingitasaseparate,distinctprocessinhumandevelopmentthatoccursattheendoflife.
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