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Representing Ageing

Images and Identities

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  • © 2012

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  1. Virpi Ylänne

    1. Cardiff University, UK

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Virpi Ylänne
      Pages 1-16

  4. Appearance, Clothing and Fashion Images

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Doing Beauty: Women, Ageing and Identity

      • Laura Hurd Clarke, Alexandra Korotchenko
      Pages 103-114

    3. On Going Grey

      • Caroline Holland, Richard Ward
      Pages 115-131

    4. Fashion and Age: The Role of Women’s Magazines in the Constitution of Aged Identities

      • Julia Twigg
      Pages 132-146

  5. Self, Family and Community Images

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. ‘I Don’t See Many Images of Myself Coming Back at Myself’: Representations of Women and Ageing

      • Lorna Warren, Naomi Richards
      Pages 149-168

    3. The Oldest Generation As Displayed in Family Photographs

      • Bill Bytheway, Joanna Bornat
      Pages 169-188

    4. ‘Positive Images’ and Calendars: Explorations in ‘Agelessness’ or ‘Ambiguous’ Identities?

      • Eileen Fairhurst
      Pages 189-206

    5. Snap Happy — Being Old in Scotland in Photographs

      • Emmanuelle Tulle
      Pages 207-225

    6. Conclusion

      • Virpi Ylänne
      Pages 226-231

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 232-258
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About this book

This collection critically examines twenty-first century representations of ageing, focusing on various media images and discourses as well as individuals' own experiences and self-presentations of ageing, drawing on innovative new empirical data.

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“This whole book is characterised by its rigour and nuance in every comment, especially regarding consumers and spectators … . Representing Ageing will have at least two different audiences: obviously scholars and doctorate students working on age relations and gerontology, but also academics in sociology, anthropology, media and Cultural Studies who are looking for interesting aspects related to the social representation of ageing. Clearly, Virpi Ylänne is to be commended for this excellent collection of essays.” (Yves Laberge, The European Legacy, Vol. 23 (2), February, 2018)


"[A]n enjoyable read, providing a thoughtful mix of chapters that significantly highlight the interplay between media representations of ageing and the selfidentification of older individuals. Taken together, the collection showcases the research of key scholars in this area, and makes a strong case for considering the importance of both images and identity to contemporary processes of ageing." - Ageing and Society

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cardiff University, UK

    Virpi Ylänne

About the editor

JOANNA BORNAT Emeritus Professor of Oral History at The Open University, UK BILL BYTHEWAY Member of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Founding Fellow of the British Society of Gerontology, UK TONI CALASANTI Professor in the Sociology Department at Virginia Tech, USA CHIN-HUI CHEN Research at Cardiff University, UK EILEEN FAIRHURST Professor in Public Health at the University of Salford, UK CAROLINE HOLLAND Research Fellow at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Open University, UK LAURA HURD CLARKE Associate Professor of Sociology in the School of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia, Canada NEAL KING Associate Professor of Sociology at Virginia Tech, USA ALEXANDRA KOROTCHENKO Researcher in the School of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia, Canada KARIN LÖVGREN Postdoctoral Researcher at Umeå University, Sweden KIRSI LUMME-SANDT Researcher and Coordinator of Doctoral Programmes in Public Health at the School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere,Finland NAOMI RICHARDS Research Associate at the University of Sheffield, UK SHAKUNTALA SODEN Researcher at Roehampton University, UK AMY SORENSEN Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA EMMANUELLE TULLE Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK JULIA TWIGG Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at the University of Kent, UK HANNA UOTILA Researcher and doctoral candidate at the School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland LORNA WARREN Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Sheffield, UK RICHARD WARD Project Worker in Ageing and Mental Health at Manchester University and Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, UK

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