Shame and the aging woman : confronting and resisting ageism in contemporary women's writings

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Label

Shame and the aging woman : confronting and resisting ageism in contemporary women's writings

Title remainder

confronting and resisting ageism in contemporary women's writings

Statement of responsibility

J. Brooks Bouson

Creator

• Bouson, J. Brooks

Author

• Bouson, J. Brooks

Subject

• Aging in literature
• Aging in literature
• Literature -- Women authors
• Literature -- Women authors
• Older women in literature
• Older women in literature
• Ageism
• Ageism

Language

eng

Summary

"This work 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. In her analysis of what she calls 'embodied shame', J. Brooks Bouson describes older women's shame about the visible signs of aging and the health and appearance of their bodies as they undergo the normal processes of bodily aging"--Cover

Member of

• Palgrave studies in affect theory and literary criticism

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Index

index present

LC call number

PN56.O4

LC item number

B68 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Palgrave studies in affect theory and literary criticism

Target audience

general