On Vulnerability, Resilience, and Age: Older Americans Reflect on the Pandemic

Authors

  • Sarah Lamb Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/aa.2020.317

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Author Biography

Sarah Lamb, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts

Barbara Mandel Professor of Humanistic Social SciencesProfessor of Anthropology and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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2020-12-14

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COVID-19 and Aging Bodies