Other Within Us

Feminist Explorations Of Women And Aging

AvMarilyn Pearsall

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Feminist women bequeath to us a powerful critique of our society's obsession with beauty and impossible body ideals. Having refused makeup, high heels, and short skirts in their youth, these women are now entering the most stigmatized stage in a woman's life?old age. As she becomes the ?older woman,? the feminist's rejection of beauty standards and

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-09-13
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:292
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780367318840

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Marilyn Pearsall teaches philosophy and women's studies at the University of Puget Sound and is a research associate at the Five College Women's Studies Research centre.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction -- Situating -- The Double Standard of Aging -- Portnoy's Mother's Complaints -- The Plight of Older Black Women -- The Feminization of Poverty Among the Elderly -- Older Women in the City -- Problematizing -- Friends or Foes -- Heresy in the Female Body -- Gender, Race, and Class -- The View from Over the Hill -- Adult Daughters and Care for the Elderly -- What Setting Limits May Mean -- Representing -- Sunset Boulevard -- Remembering Our Foremothers -- Visible Difference -- Time Will Tell -- Privileging -- Toward Another Dimension ... -- Indian Summer -- In the Heat of Shadow -- Mirror of Strength -- The Space Crone -- Serenity and Power