Care, Dementia, and the Fourth Age in Erica Jong’s Later Work
| dc.contributor.author | Stončikaitė, Ieva | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-18T10:15:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-11-18T10:15:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background and Objectives: This article addresses the representations of dementia and caregiving in the fourth age as depicted in Erica Jong’s later-life work. It shows how the experience of parental care leads to the discovery of new ways of human interaction and expressions of personhood. Research Design and Methods: Framed within literary–cultural age studies, this article shows how humanities-based inquiry can illuminate important aspects of aging and care of the oldest old, which are significant and revealing, but often hidden under the dark shadow of dementia. Results: Newly discovered ways of communication challenge the notion of the loss of agency as they demonstrate that the body itself has the power of creative and intentional capacities and self-expression. Discussion and Implications: Care-related narratives offer new insights into aging, dementia, and subjectivity that can help pursue a better analysis of the “deep” old age, strengthen collective solidarity, and manage increasing ageism, especially pronounced during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. | ca_ES |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab066 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0016-9013 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/84242 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | ca_ES |
| dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | ca_ES |
| dc.relation.isformatof | Reproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab066 | ca_ES |
| dc.relation.ispartof | The Gerontologist, 2021, vol. 62, núm. 3, 436-444 | ca_ES |
| dc.rights | cc-by (c) Ieva Stončikaite, 2021 | ca_ES |
| dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | ca_ES |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
| dc.subject | Cultural–literary gerontology | ca_ES |
| dc.subject | Humanities | ca_ES |
| dc.subject | Literature | ca_ES |
| dc.subject | Oldest old | ca_ES |
| dc.title | Care, Dementia, and the Fourth Age in Erica Jong’s Later Work | ca_ES |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | ca_ES |
| dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | ca_ES |