Núria Casado-Gual
Biographic Data
| ID | 4896300 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Núria Casado-Gual |
| GIVEN NAMES | Núria |
| FAMILY NAME | Casado-Gual |
| SIGNATURE | CASADO-GUAL N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de Lleida |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3778-6284 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
With a light of their own
(2021). Both plays were conceived through the dramaturgical form of a monologue; yet, they respond to extremely different interpretations of old age as well as of theatricality. On the one hand, Carr's piece clearly employs non-Naturalistic strategies to depict the older woman within a fully symbolic and depersonalized sphere, namely, as the embodiment of a polyvocal allegory of humanity that is expressed through an aged, feminine lens. On the ot…
Ageing, gender, and ’other disasters
Various narrative forms have long responded to major global crises, among which the demographic ageing of the Western world is increasingly coming into focus. Through theatre’s capacity to engage with social anxieties, new dramaturgies have begun to explore the role that old age plays in our ever-shifting social landscapes. Some of them have examined the implications of the ageing population through the lens of (demo)dystopia, a genre that has be…
Exploring the epic of older women's lives
Five decades after the term 'herstory' (Morgan 1970) was proposed, stories which have vindicated the social and historical role of anonymous women have proliferated in different biographical genres. More recently, the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on older people has also generated the need to generate or examine narratives of ageing (Jewusiak 2023) and to strengthen generational relationships (Ayalon et al. 2020). Despite the techn…
Diane Keaton’s late films
This article offers a cultural analysis of Diane Keaton’s later career that teases out the age/gender interactions of the roles she has played past her mid-fifties. Drawing on both age and gender theories, our analysis of Keaton’s late-life characterizations explains the actor’s transformation into an icon of a positive and desirable form of female aging. At the same time, it observes the normative aspects of gendered old age that are also perpet…
Disrupting Temporalities, Multiplying the Self
In our increasingly aged societies, old age continues to be equated with decline (Gullette 2004) and becomes the source of the most invisible yet persistent forms of discrimination, namely, ageism (Butler 1969). Even though theatre, like other artistic forms, has traditionally promoted a negative image of ageing (Mangan 2013), some contemporary plays have begun to favour more complex portrayals of old age. Nevertheless, when considered from a gen…
Ageing and romance on the big screen
The radical demographic change produced by the ageing population in the Western world has entailed a complete transformation of its popular culture. The cinema is one of the popular arts to have been especially affected by the so-called ‘longevity revolution’. In fact, an important part of Hollywood celebrity culture and the mainstream film audiences belong to the same ageing demographic. The increasing necessity to tell and consume stories of ag…
Broadening the scope of ageing femininities on TV
In her work on women and the soap opera, Christine Geraghty argues that the extended form of this TV genre, both in time and consequent plots, has contributed to a wider representation of women in terms of their age, personality traits and social background. Two recent Catalan soaps, Ventdelplà (2005-10) and La Riera (2010—) have started to broaden the spectrum of the older female characters that were present in the first Catalan soap operas, and…
Romantic, Sexy, Creative or Simply Unruly
Given their popularity, television shows are especially powerful in the propagation of images of forms of identity. Accordingly, they can be regarded as an interesting and highly effective artistic and sociocultural vehicle through which representations of old people, and old women in particular, can be analysed and discussed. Despite the success of The Golden Girls in the 1980s and the exponential ageing of the baby-boom generation, which ought …
Unexpected turns in lifelong sentimental journeys
Alice Munro's 2001 short story ‘The Bear Came Over the Mountain’ and its 2006 film version, Away from Her , directed and adapted for the screen by Sarah Polley, are two interconnected narratives through which diverse (and even divergent) representations of romantic love and memory in later life can be analysed. Even if the two texts are constructed on an apparently simple plot line, which basically depicts the last phase of a 44-year-long marriag…
Ageing and romance on the big screen
The radical demographic change produced by the ageing population in the Western world has entailed a complete transformation of its popular culture. The cinema is one of the popular arts to have been especially affected by the so-called ‘longevity revolution’. In fact, an important part of Hollywood celebrity culture and the mainstream film audiences belong to the same ageing demographic. The increasing necessity to tell and consume stories of ag…
Diane Keaton’s late films
This article offers a cultural analysis of Diane Keaton’s later career that teases out the age/gender interactions of the roles she has played past her mid-fifties. Drawing on both age and gender theories, our analysis of Keaton’s late-life characterizations explains the actor’s transformation into an icon of a positive and desirable form of female aging. At the same time, it observes the normative aspects of gendered old age that are also perpet…
Unexpected turns in lifelong sentimental journeys
Alice Munro's 2001 short story ‘The Bear Came Over the Mountain’ and its 2006 film version, Away from Her , directed and adapted for the screen by Sarah Polley, are two interconnected narratives through which diverse (and even divergent) representations of romantic love and memory in later life can be analysed. Even if the two texts are constructed on an apparently simple plot line, which basically depicts the last phase of a 44-year-long marriag…
Broadening the scope of ageing femininities on TV
In her work on women and the soap opera, Christine Geraghty argues that the extended form of this TV genre, both in time and consequent plots, has contributed to a wider representation of women in terms of their age, personality traits and social background. Two recent Catalan soaps, Ventdelplà (2005-10) and La Riera (2010—) have started to broaden the spectrum of the older female characters that were present in the first Catalan soap operas, and…
Romantic, Sexy, Creative or Simply Unruly
Given their popularity, television shows are especially powerful in the propagation of images of forms of identity. Accordingly, they can be regarded as an interesting and highly effective artistic and sociocultural vehicle through which representations of old people, and old women in particular, can be analysed and discussed. Despite the success of The Golden Girls in the 1980s and the exponential ageing of the baby-boom generation, which ought …
Ageing and romance on the big screen
The radical demographic change produced by the ageing population in the Western world has entailed a complete transformation of its popular culture. The cinema is one of the popular arts to have been especially affected by the so-called ‘longevity revolution’. In fact, an important part of Hollywood celebrity culture and the mainstream film audiences belong to the same ageing demographic. The increasing necessity to tell and consume stories of ag…
Disrupting Temporalities, Multiplying the Self
In our increasingly aged societies, old age continues to be equated with decline (Gullette 2004) and becomes the source of the most invisible yet persistent forms of discrimination, namely, ageism (Butler 1969). Even though theatre, like other artistic forms, has traditionally promoted a negative image of ageing (Mangan 2013), some contemporary plays have begun to favour more complex portrayals of old age. Nevertheless, when considered from a gen…
Diane Keaton’s late films
This article offers a cultural analysis of Diane Keaton’s later career that teases out the age/gender interactions of the roles she has played past her mid-fifties. Drawing on both age and gender theories, our analysis of Keaton’s late-life characterizations explains the actor’s transformation into an icon of a positive and desirable form of female aging. At the same time, it observes the normative aspects of gendered old age that are also perpet…
Exploring the epic of older women's lives
Five decades after the term 'herstory' (Morgan 1970) was proposed, stories which have vindicated the social and historical role of anonymous women have proliferated in different biographical genres. More recently, the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on older people has also generated the need to generate or examine narratives of ageing (Jewusiak 2023) and to strengthen generational relationships (Ayalon et al. 2020). Despite the techn…
With a light of their own
(2021). Both plays were conceived through the dramaturgical form of a monologue; yet, they respond to extremely different interpretations of old age as well as of theatricality. On the one hand, Carr's piece clearly employs non-Naturalistic strategies to depict the older woman within a fully symbolic and depersonalized sphere, namely, as the embodiment of a polyvocal allegory of humanity that is expressed through an aged, feminine lens. On the ot…
Ageing, gender, and ’other disasters
Various narrative forms have long responded to major global crises, among which the demographic ageing of the Western world is increasingly coming into focus. Through theatre’s capacity to engage with social anxieties, new dramaturgies have begun to explore the role that old age plays in our ever-shifting social landscapes. Some of them have examined the implications of the ageing population through the lens of (demo)dystopia, a genre that has be…
Aging and Gerontology Research (7 works) · Aesthetics (6 works) · Art (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Femininity (5 works) · Narrative (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)