Download or read book Declining to Decline written by Margaret Morganroth Gullette and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The image of midlife aging as decline is a destructive viewpoint constructed by our youth-loving culture. So says author Margaret Morganroth Gullette, who adds that our culture pressures us to shed youthful attributes and optimism about the future--constituting the "midlife crisis" of our time. Gullette proposes instead the concept of "age identity", a complex and satisfying way of telling our narratives of being and becoming over the entire life course.