Extraordinary Forms of Aging : : Life Narratives of Centenarians and Children with Progeria /

Extraordinary Forms of Aging : : Life Narratives of Centenarians and Children with Progeria / / Julia Velten.

While aging and the life-course appear to be normalized processes, the complex construction of age at the intersection of biology, society, and culture remains opaque. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of age(ing) by exploring its construction through the analysis of extraordinary cas...

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Velten, Julia,
Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Aging Studies ; 23
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Physical Description:1 online resource (254 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • I. Aging Studies amid the Cultural, Social, and Biological
  • 1 Theories of Age(ing)
  • II. Centenarians—The Stars of Aging
  • Introduction
  • 2 “I feel glorious”: The 100th Birthday of Macklemore’s Grandmother
  • 3 The Normality of Being a Centenarian: A Day in the Life of Aldéa Pellerin-Cormier
  • 4 Extraordinary ‘Old’ Age and (Auto)Biography: George Dawson’s Life is So Good! at the Intersection of Age(ing), Race, and Class
  • 5 Representations of Extraordinary ‘Old’ Age: Same, Same, but Different?
  • III. Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome—Questioning Assumptions of Age(ing)
  • Introduction
  • 6 Sensationalizing Disease: “Living with Progeria: Born Different”
  • 7 Sam Berns: Progeria Between Clinical Trials and Lived Experience
  • 8 Framing Progeria in an (Auto)Biography: Hayley Okines’ Old Before My Time
  • 9 Progeria Narratives at the intersection of Age(ing) and Illness
  • 10 Conclusion
  • Bibliography

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