The Mask of Ageing and the Postmodern Life Course

Featherstone, Mike; Hepworth, Mike

doi:10.4135/9781446280546.n15

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“…These signal the increasing importance of health, bodily being and performance in contemporary Western societies (Jolanki, 2004). It also indicates the extent to which health has become a key component for defining not only well-being, but the 'goodness' of individuals and society (Featherstone and Hepworth, 1991;McCallum, 2001). In relation to Fred's story, such an emphasis on individual effort in relation to successfully performing the identity of being fit and healthy, sits comfortably with the notion of individualism associated with the ontological narrative currently framing his everyday experiences; 'Life is what you make it'.…”

Section: Being Fit and Healthymentioning

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Being Fred: big stories, small stories and the accomplishment of a positive ageing identity

Phoenix

Sparkes

2009

Qualitative Research

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This article is informed by recent trends in narrative research that focus on the meaning-making actions of those involved in describing the life course. Drawing upon data generated during a series of interactive interviews with a 70-year-old physically active man named Fred, his story is presented to illustrate a strategic model of narrative activity. In particular, using the concepts of 'big stories' and 'small stories' as an analytical framework, we trace Fred's use of two specific identities; being fit and healthy, and being leisurely to analyse the ways that he accomplishes an ontological narrative where the plot line reads; 'Life is what you make it'. The ways in which this narrative enables Fred to perform a narrative of positive self-ageing in his everyday life is illustrated. Finally, the analytical possibilities of being attentive to both big and small stories in narrative analysis are discussed.

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Section: Being Fit and Healthymentioning

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Being Fred: big stories, small stories and the accomplishment of a positive ageing identity

Phoenix

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2009

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“…Vários outros são relatados por Beauvoir (1980), como também reunidos por Featherstone (1991), que propõe a expressão 'máscara do envelhecimento' (mask of ageing) para ilustrar uma situação e um sentimento, muito generalizados, de se ter uma espécie de máscara imposta ao corpo que esconderia a identidade mais profunda da pessoa, a qual continuaria sendo essencialmente a mesma da juventude.…”

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Antropologia, saúde e envelhecimento

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2002

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Coletânea de artigos que se propõe a desvendar os rótulos impostos pela sociedade à 'terceira idade'. Dessa forma, poderemos acompanhar as transformações ocorridas nessa faixa etária, como o crescimento demográfico, e refletir sobre o idoso do futuro. Analisa-se, na obra, o envelhecimento sob o ponto de vista dos próprios idosos e idosas, revelando o que significa ser saudável para eles e elas. Constrói um idoso que protagoniza sua própria história, em vez de se corroborar a idéia estereotipada do velho como um fardo para a família e para a sociedade.

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“…Indeed, it was in the 1980s and 1990s that several researchers, including Featherstone and Hepworth (1991), began to consider the relationship between ageing and consumerism in western societies. These commentators suggest that those in midlife feel compelled to maintain their bodies in a perpetually youthful state because western cultures valorise youth.…”

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