The literary potential of old age in Simone de Beauvoir, The stone angel, and new Canadian narratives /

In an interdisciplinary study, I argue that narrative fiction centred around old women, through its appeal to readers' imaginations, can challenge the ageism which currently governs how old women are scripted and depicted. === Chapter one situates media broadcasts amidst other discourses, such...

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Main Author: Chivers, Sally.
Other Authors: Westphal, Sarah (advisor)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 1999
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Online Access:http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=36564