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Ageful and proud

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2001

MOLLY ANDREWS
MOLLY ANDREWS
Affiliation:
Department of Human Relations, University of East London, UK.
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Abstract

There is something splendid about the word ageful – a word which I had not encountered before reading Bytheway (2000). Ironically, Bytheway does not share my affection for his invention; rather, for him it seems to have negative connotations, reflected in his comment: ‘as gerontologists we are vulnerable to seeing ourselves and those we study entirely in terms of age: as ageing rather than living individuals: ageful rather than ageless’ (2000: 785–6). But why this juxtaposition between ageing and living? Surely there is an interconnectedness between the two. We are ageing from the moment we are born; the longer we live, the more full of age we become.

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Ageing & Society , Volume 20 , Issue 6 , November 2000 , pp. 791 - 795
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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