Open AccessIndigenous Elderly in the United States: Wounded Bodies, Vivid Minds
Author(s) -
Heidrun Moertl
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
linguaculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2285-9403
pISSN - 2067-9696
DOI - 10.47743/lincu-2012-3-1-271
Subject(s) - indigenous , perspective (graphical) , successful aging , psychology , aesthetics , sociology , environmental ethics , history , art , visual arts , demography , philosophy , ecology , biology
This paper addresses age and aging from a critical humanities perspective and uses indigenous societies as an example on how to positively manage the aging process, and to show that certain societies’ positive approach to old age can help ameliorate the often negatively viewed phases of growing older, aging people’s bodies over the years, but not their minds.