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Telling a (good?) counterstory of aging: natural bodybuilding meets the narrative of decline.

dc.contributor.authorPhoenix, Cassandraen_GB
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Bretten_GB
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-17T14:31:05Zen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-20T17:14:27Z
dc.date.issued2011-09en_GB
dc.description.abstractIn Western society, the narrative of decline dominates the aging process. We know very little about the complexities of how people resist this narrative. The purpose of this article is to understand how a group of mature natural bodybuilders resisted the narrative of decline.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 66, Issue 5, pp. 628 - 639en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/geronb/gbr077en_GB
dc.identifier.othergbr077en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10036/3886en_GB
dc.language.isoengen_GB
dc.subjectAgeden_GB
dc.subjectAgingen_GB
dc.subjectCompetitive Behavioren_GB
dc.subjectFemaleen_GB
dc.subjectGreat Britainen_GB
dc.subjectHumansen_GB
dc.subjectInternal-External Controlen_GB
dc.subjectMaleen_GB
dc.subjectMiddle Ageden_GB
dc.subjectMotivationen_GB
dc.subjectNarrationen_GB
dc.subjectPhysical Fitnessen_GB
dc.subjectResilience, Psychologicalen_GB
dc.subjectSocial Identificationen_GB
dc.subjectStereotypingen_GB
dc.subjectWeight Liftingen_GB
dc.titleTelling a (good?) counterstory of aging: natural bodybuilding meets the narrative of decline.en_GB
dc.date.available2012-10-17T14:31:05Zen_GB
dc.date.available2013-03-20T17:14:27Z
exeter.place-of-publicationUnited Statesen_GB
dc.descriptionaddresses: European Centre for the Environment and Human Health, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter, Exeter TR1 3HD,UK. cassandra.phoenix@pcmd.ac.uken_GB
dc.descriptiontypes: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_GB
dc.descriptionThis is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in The Journals of Gerontology, Series B following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version [J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2011) 66B (5): 628-639.] is available online at: http://psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/content/66B/5/628en_GB
dc.identifier.journalJ Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Scien_GB


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