Shame and the Aging Woman

"This work 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"--Cover.

Year

2016

Language

English

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Editions

4

Pages

212

ISBN

9783319317113

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