To be Forever Young? Towards Reframing Corporeal Subjectivity in Maturity
In this paper I examine the relationship between the body in midlife and subjectivity in contemporary western cultures, drawing on both social constructionist and psychoanalytic perspectives. Referring to recent theoretical accounts, I take the position that how we are aged by culture begins in midl...
Main Author: | Liz Schwaiger |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Linköping University Electronic Press
2006-06-01
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Series: | International Journal of Ageing and Later Life |
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Online Access: | https://journal.ep.liu.se/IJAL/article/view/1104 |
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