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anthro_age-479	Lamb, Sarah	Who Wants to Have an Aged Self If to Age Is So Bad? Ageless and Aged Selves as Cultural Constructs	2023	5	.pdf	application/pdf	2296	130	60	The concept encapsulates both the widespread U.S. desire for continuity, permanence, and stability of self as well as commonplace, deep fears about change, old age, and decline. I agree in part with Sharon Kaufman’s insightful finding, based on her ethnographic research in the late 1970s, that many older Americans identify as having an “ageless self” that operates as a positive source of meaning in older age.	cache/anthro_age-479.pdf	txt/anthro_age-479.txt