The Cult of Youth

Anti-Ageing in Modern Britain

AvJames F. Stark

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

In this major new study, James F. Stark provides the first historical account of the most dominant ideas, practices, and material cultures associated with anti-ageing and rejuvenation in modern Britain. With a focus on the interwar period, his study uncovers the role of the commercial world in influencing attitudes towards ageing and youth. Stark argues that the technologies of anti-ageing, their commercialisation and their consumption made rejuvenation a possible and desirable aim in a period of socio-political instability, mechanised conflict and extending lifespans. Ultimately, Stark offers an innovative historical account, which draws together bodies, gender, science, medicine, advertising, and ageing, and shows how the quest for youth was transformed by social anxieties about an ageing population and economic crisis.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-03-19
Mått:159 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:262
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108484152

Utforska kategorier

Den medicinska professionen inom Medicin
Medicinhistoria inom Medicin
Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

James F. Stark is a historian of modern medicine and science and is Professor of Medical Humanities at the University of Leeds.

Recensioner i media

'Most of us fear growing old. Many of us have used a variety of techniques to retain at least the appearance - if not quite the essence - of youth: cosmetics; surgery; hormones; diet; and exercise. As James F. Stark argues in this splendid study of the 'cult of youth' in Britain, the roots of our obsessions with youthfulness lie in the dark years of the interwar period. Mobilising a rich array of sources, Stark neatly displays the meanings and experiences of age and youth, the medical and commercial contexts in which anti-ageing remedies became popular, and the ways in which cults of youth were shaped by a complex constellation of social, political, and economic circumstances in the early twentieth century.' Mark Jackson, University of Exeter

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction; 2. Hormones, 1918–1929; 3. Diet, 1918–1929; 4. Electrotherapy, 1925–1932; 5. Exercise, 1930–1939; 6. Skin care, 1930 and beyond; 7. Conclusion; 8. Postscript.