Baby boomers, age, and beauty

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 vari...

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Main Author Woodspring, Naomi (Author)
Format Electronic Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781787438248
9781787439900
DOI10.1108/9781787438248
Physical Description1 online resource (xv, 283 pages) ; cm

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