Ålder i kropp eller sinne? En diskursanalytisk studie av människor och kroppar i åldern 54-65 år
(2010) GNVK01 20101Department of Gender Studies
- Abstract
- This essay is a discourse analysis of the consequences of
getting older, in body and mind, with theories from Anne Leonora
Blaakilde, Iris Marion Young, Sara Ahmed, Judith Butler, Beverly Skeggs
and more. Gender specific focus groups of people in between ages 54
and 65, have been used in the study, with Victoria Wibeck as reference.
The conclusions are that though ageing is seen as negative in the media
and in power relations, increasing age give the interviewees greater selfconfidence.
Objectification is something that men can choose, while
women cannot. There are defence methods against the negative
discourses of getting older that the interviewees use, especially the
group of men. Other cultures, immigrants and the opposite... (More) - This essay is a discourse analysis of the consequences of
getting older, in body and mind, with theories from Anne Leonora
Blaakilde, Iris Marion Young, Sara Ahmed, Judith Butler, Beverly Skeggs
and more. Gender specific focus groups of people in between ages 54
and 65, have been used in the study, with Victoria Wibeck as reference.
The conclusions are that though ageing is seen as negative in the media
and in power relations, increasing age give the interviewees greater selfconfidence.
Objectification is something that men can choose, while
women cannot. There are defence methods against the negative
discourses of getting older that the interviewees use, especially the
group of men. Other cultures, immigrants and the opposite sex are used
to clarify situations that are relevant in the life and culture they live in
here and now, but mostly to make themselves appear better in
comparison. (Less)
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- author
- Murdin, Kristina LU
- supervisor
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- Irene Pelayo LU
- organization
- course
- GNVK01 20101
- year
- 2010
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- power relations, ageing, gender, body, objectification
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1649024
- date added to LUP
- 2010-10-12 16:39:08
- date last changed
- 2010-10-12 16:39:08
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