Failed in aging? Queering in living with dementia

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ID13076366
AuthorsValerie Keller (0000-0002-0868-6276, University of Zurich, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume8
Pages1139271-1139271
Publication date2023-05-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2297-7775 • E-ISSN: 2297-7775
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fsoc.2023.1139271
PMID37333067
OpenAlexW4379053306
LanguageEN
References cited20

This article explored the ways in which living with dementia brings potentials to queer the concept of "successful aging" and associated notions of being human. Regarding the progressive development of dementia, it can be assumed that people affected, no matter how hard they try, will sooner or later fail to age successfully. They increasingly become a symbol of what is called the "fourth age" and are framed as an essentialized other. Based on statements of people with dementia, it will be examined to what extent the position on the outside enables people affected to abandon societal guiding ideals and undermine hegemonic-dominant notions of aging. It is shown how they develop life-affirming ways of being-in-the-world that run counter to the idea of the rational, autonomous, consistent, active, productive, and healthy human beings

Dementia · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Hegemony · Political science · Politics · Queer · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Aging and Gerontology Research · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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