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Age Becomes Us

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In lively, accessible prose, this book expands the reach and depth of age studies. A review of age studies methods in theory, literature, and practice leads readers to see how their own intersectional identities shape their beliefs about age, aging, and old age. This study asks readers to interrogate the "texts" of menopause, self-help books on aging, and foundational age studies works. In addition to the study of these nonfiction texts, the poetry and prose of Doris Lessing, Lucille Clifton, and Louise Erdrich serve as vehicles for exploring how age relations work, including how they invoke readers into kinships of reciprocal care as othermothers, otherdaughters, and otherelders. The literary chapters examine how gifted storytellers provide enactments, portrayals, and metaphorical uses of age to create transformative potential.

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ISBN: 9781438456966
Publication date: 2nd July 2016
Author: Leni Marshall
Publisher: SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 214 pages
Series: SUNY Series in Feminist Criticism and Theory
Genres: Gender studies, gender groups
Gender studies: women and girls
Literature: history and criticism