Marilyn Pearsall

The Other Within Us (eBook, PDF)

Feminist Explorations Of Women And Aging

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses the neglect and isolation, the older women have experienced within contemporary feminism and gerontology. It presents the varied responses of women to the stereotypes and societal invalidation that they must grapple with throughout the aging process.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429964602
• Artikelnr.: 54112923

Autorenporträt

Marilyn Pearsall teaches philosophy and women's studies at the University of Puget Sound and is a research associate at the Five College Women's Studies Research centre.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Situating
The Double Standard of Aging
Portnoy's Mother's Complaints
The Plight of Older Black Women
The Feminization of Poverty Among the Elderly
Older Women in the City
Problematizing
Friends or Foes
Heresy in the Female Body
Gender, Race, and Class
The View from Over the Hill
Adult Daughters and Care for the Elderly
What Setting Limits May Mean
Representing
Sunset Boulevard
Remembering Our Foremothers
Visible Difference
Time Will Tell
Privileging
Toward Another Dimension ...
Indian Summer
In the Heat of Shadow
Mirror of Strength
The Space Crone
Serenity and Power