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Shame and the Aging Woman
J. Brooks Bouson
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Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 421.
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. 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. Examining both fictional and nonfiction works by contemporary North American and British women authors, this book offers a sustained analysis of the various ways that ageism devalues and damages the identities of otherwise ... Read more
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. 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. Examining both fictional and nonfiction works by contemporary North American and British women authors, this book offers a sustained analysis of the various ways that ageism devalues and damages the identities of otherwise ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319317106
SKU
V9783319317106
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About J. Brooks Bouson
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 ... Read more
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