Discourses of Ageing in Fiction and Feminism

Discourses of Ageing in Fiction and Feminism
Author: J. King
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2012-11-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 113729227X


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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 dominant representations of female ageing to be found in popular culture it suggests that they offer a feminist understanding of the 'invisible' woman sometimes lacking in feminism itself.


Discourses of Ageing in Fiction and Feminism
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: J. King
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-13 - Publisher: Springer

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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
Discourses of Ageing in Fiction and Feminism
Language: en
Pages: 206
Authors: J. King
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-13 - Publisher: Springer

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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
Ageing Women in Literature and Visual Culture
Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: Cathy McGlynn
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-23 - Publisher: Springer

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This timely collection engages with representations of women and ageing in literature and visual culture. Acknowledging that cultural conceptions of ageing are
Discourses of Ageing and Gender
Language: en
Pages: 279
Authors: Clare Anderson
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-08-25 - Publisher: Springer

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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
Ageing, Popular Culture and Contemporary Feminism
Language: en
Pages: 374
Authors: I. Whelehan
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-11-06 - Publisher: Springer

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How has popular film, television and fiction responded to the realities of an ageing Western population? This volume analyses this field of representation to ar