Death is not a self-evident phenomenon. The margins between life and death are socially and culturally constructed, mobile, multiple, and open to dis…

- Margaret M. Lock

The locus of the modern struggle with its enemy of death is clearly the body (not mind, society, or the afterworld). The body is the site of tragedy,…

- Margaret M. Lock

Aging is fraught with difficulties, most particularly for women who have been socialized to think of youth as beauty and the female role as reproduct…

- Margaret M. Lock

Flirting with death is the spice of life.

- Margaret M. Lock

Above all, Alzheimer wanted the medical world to recognize that mental illnesses have an undeniable material component. There was an obvious politica…

- Margaret M. Lock