Women's Studies 2161A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Suzanne Somers, Demyan Korotchenko, Ageism

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Wendy Pearson

Document Summary

Lecture notes: as my body ages, i look forward to spending my days doing the stuff i love in retirement, as my body ages, i dread that i won"t like how i look, socio cultural perspectives on the body and aging (clarke and korotchenko, previous neglect of the body in social and critical gerontology, experience and negotiation of everyday life, and of identity, forms of governing, studying body as physical object (cid:224) the body as socially situated, shaped and/or. Mask of aging" and ageless self" distancing processes and internalized ageism: need to further situate findings in relation to consumer culture, ageism, gender, anti ageing industry, and other contextual features, aging bodies: anti ageing medicine and consumption (cardonna, suzanne somers slowing down aging talk , think about, how anti aging medicine elides with how aging is addressed within contemporary consumer culture, how the continued rise of anti ageing medicine may exacerbate ageism, as well as inequalities.