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- Fills an important and overlooked scholarly gap that examines the cross section of ageism, shame, and gender
- Discusses an impressive range of women writers and memoirists including Doris Lessing, A. S. Byatt, Penelope Lively, Carol Shields, and May Sarton
- Brings together feminist theory, literary analysis, affect theory, feminist gerontology, and age studies
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism (PSATLC)
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Book Title: Shame and the Aging Woman
Book Subtitle: Confronting and Resisting Ageism in Contemporary Women's Writings
Authors: J. Brooks Bouson
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31711-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31710-6Published: 31 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81102-4Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31711-3Published: 19 August 2016
Series ISSN: 2634-6311
Series E-ISSN: 2634-632X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 212
Topics: Contemporary Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary Theory, Gender Studies