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May
20

Women and Ageing: New Cultural and Critical Perspectives

WA2015  
 Conference CFP

When:

  20 May 2015 through 22 May 2015

CFP Deadline:

  15 Mar 2015

Where:

  Ireland

Website URL:

  https://womenandageing.wordpress.com/

Categories:

  Arts & Humanities - Languages/Literature

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Event description:

Women and Ageing: New Cultural and Critical Perspectives University of Limerick, Ireland 20th-22nd May 2015 Conveners: Dr Cathy McGlynn, Dr Maggie O'Neill, Dr Michaela Schrage-Früh (University of Limerick) In a time when even Bridget Jones finds herself in her early fifties, it may at first glance seem unwarranted to speak of the invisibility of ageing women in literary and cultural contexts. In fact, in a review of Mad about the Boy in The Times, Sarah Lyall writes that, "Bridget's amorous adventures … make the prospect of middle age not so bad at all". Constructions like this open up questions about representations of women and ageing. What types of images of the "ageing woman" are created in cultural texts? Do women in later life, in order to become visible, need to find ways to "pass" as younger so that "age shall not wither them" as Kira Cochraine puts it in an article in The Guardian? Are these legitimate strategies or should women embrace the menopause as a new ph... Read more

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