Search Results for: Discourses Of Ageing And Gender

This book presents in-depth investigation of the language used about women and ageing in public discourse, and compares this with the language used by women to

This book explores the way older women are represented in society. Through close readings of novels by major 20th century novelists, compared with the more domi

There are a number of books and articles covering particular facets of the topic of aging, such as the image of the elderly in the media, cinema, TV series and

Contemporary old age is fraught with contradiction and complexity—women portrayed either as incompetent and cuddly grandmothers or as young women trapped in o

The ageing of the world’s populations, particularly in Western developed countries, is a well-documented phenomenon; and despite many positive images of later