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The cult of youth : anti-ageing in modern Britain

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : 單行本
副題名:	anti-ageing in modern Britain
作者:	StarkJames F.,
出版地:	Cambridge
出版者:	Cambridge University Press;
出版年:	2020
面頁冊數:	ix, 254 p. cmill. : 24 cm.;
標題:	Aging - History. - Great Britain -
標題:	Aging - Prevention -
標題:	Medical innovations - History. - Great Britain -
標題:	Youthfulness - History. - Great Britain -
摘要註:	"In this major new study, James F. Stark provides the first historicalaccount of the most dominant ideas, practices, and material culturesassociated with anti-ageing and rejuvenation in modern Britain. With a focuson the interwar period, his study uncovers the role of the commercial worldin influencing attitudes towards ageing and youth. Stark argues that thetechnologies of anti-ageing, their commercialisation and their consumptionmade rejuvenation a possible and desirable aim in a period ofsocio-political instability, mechanised conflict and extending lifespans.Ultimately, Stark offers an innovative historical account, which drawstogether bodies, gender, science, medicine, advertising, and ageing, andshows how the quest for youth was transformed by social anxieties about anageing population and economic crisis"--
ISBN:	978-1-108-48415-2bound
內容註:	Hormones, 1918-1929 -- Diet, 1918-1929 -- Electrotherapy, 1925-1932 --Exercise, 1930-1939 -- Skin care, 1930 and beyond.

The cult of youth : anti-ageing in modern Britain
Stark, James F.

The cult of youth : anti-ageing in modern Britain / James F. Stark - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020. - ix, 254 p. cm ; ill. ; 24 cm..
Hormones, 1918-1929 -- Diet, 1918-1929 -- Electrotherapy, 1925-1932 --Exercise, 1930-1939 -- Skin care, 1930 and beyond..
Includes bibliographical references (p.218-247) and index..
ISBN 978-1-108-48415-2
Aging Aging Medical innovations Youthfulness -- History. -- Prevention -- History. -- History. -- Great Britain -- Great Britain -- Great Britain

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