The locus of the modern struggle with its enemy of death is clearly the body (not mind, society, or the afterworld). The body is… — Margaret M. Lock Copy Share
Aging is fraught with difficulties, most particularly for women who have been socialized to think of youth as beauty and the female role as… — Margaret M. Lock Copy Share
Above all, Alzheimer wanted the medical world to recognize that mental illnesses have an undeniable material component. There was an obvious political reason for… — Margaret M. Lock Copy Share
Death is not a self-evident phenomenon. The margins between life and death are socially and culturally constructed, mobile, multiple, and open to dispute and… — Margaret M. Lock Copy Share
