Part one: Cultural urgencies
Trapped in the new time machines
True secrets of being aged by culture
"The xers" versus "the boomers" : a contrived war
Perilous parenting : the deaths of children and the fear of aging-into-the-midlife
The high costs of middle-ageism
Part two: Theorizing age resistantly
From life storytelling to age autobiography
Acting age on stage : age-appropriate casting, the default body, and valuing the property of having an age
Age studies as cultural studies : beyond slice-of-life.