| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 200 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I. Old Age in Contemporary Western Societies : Chapter One. Varieties of Experience in the "Seventh Age" / Patricia Thane -- Chapter Two. "Semi-collective Housing" and Self-managed Co-housing, between the Empowerment of the Aged and the Denial of the Fragility Associated with Age / Cécile Rosenfelder -- Part II. Old Age in the Renaissance, in England and Spain : Chapter Three. Old Age in Thomas More's Works: From a Poetical to a Spiritual Interpretation / Isabelle Bore -- Chapter Four. Old Age in the Works of Quevedo / Paloma Otaola Gonzalez -- Chapter Five. Old Age in Spanish Doctrinal Texts, from the Late Middle-Ages to the Seventeenth Century / Christine Orobitg -- Part III. The Representation of Old Age on Screen and in the Media : Chapter Six. The Mother-in-law and the Wise Old Man: Representing Old Age, Figuring Social Harmony in Contemporary Chinese TV Drama / Justine Rochot -- Chapter Seven. Ageing Popular Music Artists: French Newspaper Coverage of the Âge Tendre et Têtes de Bois Nostalgia Tour / Christopher Tinker -- Chapter Eight. Dracula: The Horror of Old Age, the Nightmare of Eternal Life / Gaëtane Plottier -- Part IV: The Experience of Old Age in Auto(fiction) : Chapter Nine. Female Ageing and the Fantastic in A.S. Byatt's Short Stories / Emilie Walezak -- Chapter Ten. The "Old Ox", the Old Queen", and the "Whale in a Pail of Water": Postcolonial Portraits of Old Age / Florence Labaune-Demeule -- Chapter Eleven. Two Irish Mature Voices on a Quest for Equanimity / Vanina Jobert-Martini -- Chapter Twelve. Winter Journal: The Chronicles of an Author and his Characters' Ageing Foretold / Marie Thévenon -- Contributors |
| Summary |
The Seventh Age of Man: Issues, Challenges, and Paradoxes is a collection of academic essays on Old Age. The contributors come from a wide range of fields of expertise, which accounts for the originality of the book. Depending on their respective disciplines, the authors resort to various methodological approaches, from sociological case studies to discourse analysis, and from historical and political theories to media criticism, but they often address similar questions--when are people to be considered as old, what does it mean to be old, how do we deal with ageing--and research similar conclusions about the paradoxical representations of the elderly, whether in Renaissance Europe or in contemporary China. Although men and women are sometimes treated differently, in most societies, the older generation is alternately perceived as a threat and a burden, or as financial and moral support. It they are often criticized or ridiculed, especially when they try to retain their youthful looks long after their prime, the elderly also trigger a feeling of nostalgia as representatives of a past usually seen as more desirable than the present. Their resilience and independence are regularly emphasized, as well as their wisdom, as a result of their long experience, which helps them to contemplate their ends more serenely and which might turn them into models for their contemporaries--back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Old age.
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old age.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Old age
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cassel-Piccot, Muriel, editor
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Lheureux, Geneviéve, editor
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| ISBN |
9781527526815 |
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152752681X |
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