No place for chance: myths and stereotypes about old age and aging

• Autor(a) principal: Assis, Cristiano de; Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Tanoue, Suzanne; Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades, Yokomizo, Patrícia; Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades, Lopes, Andrea; Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades
• Tipo de documento: Livro
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Portal de Livros Abertos da USP
• Texto Completo: https://www.livrosabertos.abcd.usp.br/portaldelivrosUSP/catalog/book/1143
• topic: Water-Energy-Food Nexus; Sustainable Development; Resources Management; Brazil; Ciências da Saúde; Saúde Coletiva; Ciências Agrárias; Engenharia Agrícola; Water-Energy-Food Nexus; Sustainable Development; Resources Management; Brazil; Ciências da Saúde; Saúde Coletiva; Ciências Agrárias; Engenharia Agrícola

The objective of the book No Place for Change: Mythsanderstereotypes about old age and aging (in Portuguese: Onde o Acaso Não Tem Vez:  mitos e estereótipos sobre a velhice e o envelhecimento is sharing, artistically and  in a thought-provokingway, the five  analysis categories that resulted from a research and literature review involving myths and stereotypes about old age an ageing. Each category comprises a book chapter: Degeneration, Morality,  Sexuality, Age Roles and Productivity. The research sources were Brazilian journals specialized in ageing, since their foundation year until 2021. Characterized as scientific disclosure material, beyond the many others audiences that may be interested or already work in this field, the book also aims, as a supplementary education formation in Gerontology and related areas.  Finally, the book invites us to think about how our postures and choices, from the simplest to the most complex, may not just be the work of simple chance.