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Women and Ageing: Experience and Implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Jo Harrison
Jo Harrison
Affiliation:
Social Welfare Research Centre, University of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1 Kesington, New South Wales, Austrilia2033.
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Abstract

A feminist analysis of the experiences of elderly Australian women is explored through sixteen biographical accounts. Through the employment of narrative material a classification of the powerful stereotyping imposed upon these women is produced. The components of the stereotype are gathered together under three headings - social, physical and mental.

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Research Article
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Ageing & Society , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , July 1983 , pp. 209 - 235
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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