Three faces of ageism
Society, image and place
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11200600 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin E Mchugh (0000-0002-6156-3363, Arizona State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 165-185 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ageing and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0144686x02001113 |
| OpenAlex | W2127661565 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 84 |
| References cited | 18 |
This paper elucidates and champions a spatiality perspective in social gerontology, by arguing that relationships between older people and the spaces and places they inhabit illuminate deeply-ingrained societal attitudes and values. The trilogy of society, image and place is explored through an interpretive reading of images and scripts in ‘successful ageing’ and ‘anti-ageing’ created and promoted by the booming ‘retirement industry’ in the United States. Six tropes are revealed in an interpretation of prevalent images of ‘Sunbelt Retirement Land’: geographic cornucopia, ageless selves, near perfection, the right stuff, down home living, and nomads of desire. This reading serves as a springboard in elaborating Cole's (1992) notion of bipolar ageism, as we vacillate between negative stereotypes of old age and positive elixirs, such as anti-ageing and agelessness, that are cloaked denials of decline, disease and death. The paper concludes with a series of troubling questions about the perpetuation and depth of ageism in society and culture. Every present day is determined by the images that are synchronic with it: each ‘now’ is the now of a particular recognizability. (Walter Benjamin, The Arcades Project , 1999: 462–63)
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy) · Perfection · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Reading (process) · Sociology · Trilogy · Visual arts · Aging and Gerontology Research · Architecture, Design, and Social History · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Philosophy
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| Citation span | 2004 - 2025 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 80 |