Getting On: Some Thoughts on Women and Ageing
Some Thoughts on Women and Ageing
$25.39
- Paperback
102 pages
- Release Date
29 April 2014
Summary
Why are we so obsessed with staying young? In a culture that advocates the pursuit of endless youth and physical beauty, how can we embrace the reality, the pleasures, and the rewards of getting on? And what does the ‘fight against ageing’ mean when all women must eventually face the double-standard of ageism and sexism?
Once past fifty, older women begin to sense that they have become invisible. From the visual displays in the mall to the pages of magazines and the television screens…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760081324 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760081329 |
| Author: | Liz Byrski |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan Australia |
| Imprint: | Momentum |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 102 |
| Release Date: | 29 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 132g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 127mm x 204mm |
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Liz Byrski
Liz Byrski is the author of six best-selling novels including, GANG OF FOUR and LAST CHANCE CAFE and a number of non-fiction books including the popular memoir REMEMBER ME. She has worked as a freelance journalist, a broadcaster with ABC Radio and an advisor to a minister in the West Australian Government. Liz has a PhD from Curtin University where she lectures in creative and professional writing.
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