BABY BOOMERS, AGE, AND BEAUTY
Book ID/图书代码： 04331418C00044
English Summary/英文概要： This book is a rich exploration of the baby boomers - those coming of age in the sixties and now entering old age - the influences that have shaped how they perceive ageing appearance, how they define ageing and beauty, and the meaning of appearance, beauty, and identity. The book draws from a variety of sources from ageing research, history and gender studies and a diverse group of interviewees.
The longevity revolution and shifting notions of identity coalesce as older women and men seek to find new modes of self-presentation as they age. Ageing is a profoundly embodied process, yet older people’s concerns about appearance and beauty is perceived, by many, as trivial or a function of consumer society. Investigating notions of appearance and beauty as a core human concern, the author explores Western cultural notions of beauty. What then is beauty in old age? Is it even a possibility given the history of youth and aesthetic preference? The book seeks to bring forward ideas of age and beauty as defined by baby boomers, how they see themselves and how they are seen.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书是对婴儿潮一代进行了丰富的探索，研究了影响这一代人对衰老外表的认知的因素，他们是如何定义衰老和美貌的，以及外表、美貌和身份的意义。本书取材于大量的老龄化研究、历史和性别研究，以及不同的受访者。
随着年龄的增长，长寿革命和身份观念的转变融合在一起，男人和女人都在寻找新的自我表达方式。老龄化是一个深刻的过程，然而老年人对外表和美丽的关注被许多人认为是微不足道的，或者只是消费社会的一个功能。本书将对外表和美貌的观念作为人类关心的核心部分，探讨了西方的审美文化概念。那么老年的美是什么呢？考虑对年轻和艺术偏好的历史，老年的美是一种可能性吗？本书试图提出婴儿潮一代定义的年龄和美的观念，他们是如何看待自己的以及他们是如何被看待的。(LYR)
Awards/获奖情况：“作者在人口老龄化的背景下提醒我们关注对美好的衰老的刻板印象所带来的暴政。本书及时提醒大家，老年人裙的观点对该领域当前发生的争论也是至关重要的，不应再被忽视。”——Nichola Rumsey，名誉教授
“In the context of an ageing population, Woodspring reminds us of the tyranny of the omnipresent stereotypes of what successful (ie, glamourous) ageing looks like. This book is a timely reminder that the perspectives of older people are also of crucial value to current debates in this field and should no longer be ignored.” Author: Emerita Professor Nichola Rumsey OBE
About the Author/作者介绍： Naomi Woodspring博士，英国西英格兰大学客座研究员。在作为一名年长学习者重返大学之前，她拥有自己的咨询公司，与非营利机构和营利企业合作，寻求可持续解决组织和社区问题的方法。她还曾在各种各样的环境中担任心理治疗师。
Dr Naomi Woodspring is a Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England, UK. Prior to returning to university as a late life learner, she had her own consulting firm working with non-profit agencies and for-profit businesses seeking sustainable solutions to organisational and community challenges. She has also worked as a psychotherapist in a wide variety of settings from a managing a community prison project to Native American communities.
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