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 mid...

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Main Author: Liz Schwaiger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2006-06-01
Series:International Journal of Ageing and Later Life
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Online Access:https://journal.ep.liu.se/IJAL/article/view/1104