Putting Age into Place

This paper addresses cultural constructions of old age in two contemporary Canadian care home narratives. While John Mighton’s play Half Life (2005) is set in a prison-like long-term care facility that is represented as a site of homogenization, oppression, and infantilization, Joan Barfoot’s novel...

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Main Author: Ulla Kriebernegg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Royal Danish Library 2015-01-01
Series:Age, Culture, Humanities
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Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/ageculturehumanities/article/view/130742