TY - BOOK ID - 11359585 TI - Shame and the Aging Woman : Confronting and Resisting Ageism in Contemporary Women's Writings PY - 2016 SN - 3319317105 3319317113 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Literature. KW - Literature KW - Literature, Modern KW - Sociology. KW - Sex (Psychology). KW - Gender expression. KW - Gender identity. KW - Contemporary Literature. KW - Twentieth-Century Literature. KW - Literary Theory. KW - Gender Studies. KW - Philosophy. KW - 20th century. KW - 21st century. KW - Older women in literature. KW - Aging in literature. KW - Ageism. KW - Aged women in literature KW - Sex identity (Gender identity) KW - Sexual identity (Gender identity) KW - Identity (Psychology) KW - Sex (Psychology) KW - Queer theory KW - Expression, Gender KW - Sex role KW - Psychology, Sexual KW - Sex KW - Sexual behavior, Psychology of KW - Sexual psychology KW - Sensuality KW - Social theory KW - Social sciences KW - Literature and philosophy KW - Philosophy and literature KW - Belles-lettres KW - Western literature (Western countries) KW - World literature KW - Philology KW - Authors KW - Authorship KW - Psychological aspects KW - Theory KW - Aging KW - Attitude (Psychology) KW - Prejudices KW - Social perception KW - Literature, Modern-20th century. KW - Literature-Philosophy. KW - Literature, Modern—20th century. KW - Literature, Modern—21st century. KW - Literature—Philosophy. KW - Sex. KW - Gender (Sex) KW - Human beings KW - Human sexuality KW - Sex (Gender) KW - Sexual behavior KW - Sexual practices KW - Sexuality KW - Sexology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11359585 AB - 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 psychologically healthy women in our graying culture. Shame theory, as Bouson shows, astutely explains why gendered ageism is so deeply entrenched in our culture and why even aging feminists may succumb to this distressing, but sometimes hidden, cultural affliction. ER -