Shame and the Aging Woman Confronting and Resisting Ageism in Contemporary Women's Writings /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bouson, J. Brooks (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:	IX, 212 p. text
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edition:	1st ed. 2016.
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism,
Subjects:	Literature, Modern > 20th century. Literature, Modern > 21st century. Literature > Philosophy. Sex. Contemporary Literature. Twentieth-Century Literature. Literary Theory. Gender Studies.
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31711-3
Format:	Electronic Book

Table of Contents:

Preface
Chapter 1: Aging Women and the Age Mystique: Age Anxiety and Body Shame in the Contemporary Culture of Appearances
Chapter 2: The Mask of Aging and the Social Devaluation and Sexual Humiliation of the Aging and Old Woman
Chapter 3: Facing the Stranger in the Mirror in Illness, Disability,and Physical Decline
Chapter 4: Confronting and Resisting an Unlivable Age Culture. .

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