Despite the progressive ageing of a worldwide population, negative attitudes towards old age have proliferated thanks to cultural constructs and myths that, for decades, have presented old age as a synonym of decay, deterioration and loss. Moreover, even though every human being knows he/she will age and that ageing is a process that cannot be stopped, it always seems distant, far off in the future and, therefore, remains invisible. In this paper, I aim to analyse the invisibility of old age and its spaces through two contemporary novels and their ageing females protagonists –Maudie Fowler in Doris Lessing ’s The Diary of a Good Neighbour and Erica March in Rose Tremain ’s The Cupboard. Although invisible to the rest of society, these elde...
During recent decades, the older population in this country has been increasing dramatically. The ol...
This thesis explores the portrayal of literary images of ageing women through selected works by Mari...
In an interdisciplinary study, I argue that narrative fiction centred around old women, through its ...
Despite the progressive ageing of a worldwide population, negative attitudes towards old age have pr...
Abstract: Despite the progressive ageing of a worldwide population, negative attitudes towards old a...
Despite the progressive ageing of a worldwide population, negative attitudes towards old age have pr...
Adopting a poststructural feminist approach, this narrative arts-based study uses experimental writi...
The ageing process is usually perceived as a time of loss and decline, especially for women. The fir...
At the start of a new millennium, after thirty years of writing journalism and non-fiction, I began ...
Despite the exponential aging of worldwide population, and despite women still living longer than me...
During the last decades new trends in demography have posed the coming of age as a relevant issue th...
This essay offers a study on ageing and old age as literary matter of Doris Lessings Love, Again (19...
If the old body is usually read as a synonym of fragility and upcoming illness, even though not the ...
In recent years interest in literary gerontology, the study of older people and ageing in literary ...
Kathleen Woodward describes how the ageing female body is both hyper-visible and invisible: mass med...
During recent decades, the older population in this country has been increasing dramatically. The ol...
This thesis explores the portrayal of literary images of ageing women through selected works by Mari...
In an interdisciplinary study, I argue that narrative fiction centred around old women, through its ...
Despite the progressive ageing of a worldwide population, negative attitudes towards old age have pr...
Abstract: Despite the progressive ageing of a worldwide population, negative attitudes towards old a...
Despite the progressive ageing of a worldwide population, negative attitudes towards old age have pr...
Adopting a poststructural feminist approach, this narrative arts-based study uses experimental writi...
The ageing process is usually perceived as a time of loss and decline, especially for women. The fir...
At the start of a new millennium, after thirty years of writing journalism and non-fiction, I began ...
Despite the exponential aging of worldwide population, and despite women still living longer than me...
During the last decades new trends in demography have posed the coming of age as a relevant issue th...
This essay offers a study on ageing and old age as literary matter of Doris Lessings Love, Again (19...
If the old body is usually read as a synonym of fragility and upcoming illness, even though not the ...
In recent years interest in literary gerontology, the study of older people and ageing in literary ...
Kathleen Woodward describes how the ageing female body is both hyper-visible and invisible: mass med...
During recent decades, the older population in this country has been increasing dramatically. The ol...
This thesis explores the portrayal of literary images of ageing women through selected works by Mari...
In an interdisciplinary study, I argue that narrative fiction centred around old women, through its ...