Shame and the Aging Woman

Confronting and Resisting Ageism in Contemporary Women's Writings

AvJ. Brooks Bouson

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This book brings together the research findings of contemporary feminist age studies scholars, shame theorists, and feminist gerontologists in order to unfurl the affective dynamics of gendered ageism.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-04-22
Mått:148 x 210 x 13 mm
Vikt:296 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319811024

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Litteraturteori inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

J. Brooks Bouson is Professor of English at Loyola University Chicago, USA. She has published nine books, including Embodied Shame: Uncovering Female Shame in Contemporary Women’s Writings; Quiet As It's Kept: Shame, Trauma and Race in the Novels of Toni Morrison; Jamaica Kincaid: Writing Memory, Writing Back to the Mother; and Brutal Choreographies: Oppositional Strategies and Narrative Design in the Novels of Margaret Atwood.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface.- Chapter 1: Aging Women and the Age Mystique: Age Anxiety and Body Shame in the Contemporary Culture of Appearances.- Chapter 2: The Mask of Aging and the Social Devaluation andSexual Humiliation of the Aging and Old Woman.- Chapter 3: Facing the Stranger in the Mirror in Illness, Disability,and Physical Decline.- Chapter 4: Confronting and Resisting an Unlivable Age Culture.