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Winter Dreams: A Historical Guide to Old Age

Name: Winter Dreams: A Historical Guide to Old Age
Brand: Reaktion Books
SKU: 9781836390916
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Contributors:

Barbara H. Rosenwein

Publisher:

Reaktion Books

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

History, Psychology, Social Science

Book Subcategory:

Social History, Developmental, Gerontology

Book Topic:

Adulthood & Aging

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Release Date:

9/9/2025

ISBN 13:

9781836390916

Weight:

1.02 lbs

Size:

8.74 x 5.88 x 1.02 inches

Pages:

264

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A life-affirming exploration of the rich emotional lives of the elderly across thousands of years of human history.

Winter Dreams is an evocative history of the ways the old have thought, felt, and expressed themselves over two millennia, tracking the experience of aging through artistic, literary, and historical records. While old age is often depicted as "sans teeth, sans eyes, sans everything," Barbara H. Rosenwein shows that the elderly have always retained their emotional depth and desires. She explores how these have changed over time, as societies' views of the elderly and a "good" old age have changed. Through careful critique of these texts, she allows the elderly, so often absent from the historical record, to speak to us.

We live in a rapidly aging society, yet ageism is rampant and death and dying are taboo subjects. Rosenwein's book is a finely wrought testimony to the value of aging and the richness of our "winter dreams."

About the Author
Barbara H. Rosenwein is a pioneering historian whose books explore the many ways in which different groups have experienced, valued, and expressed emotions over time. She is professor emerita at Loyola University Chicago.