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In Search of Hidden Sexuality. Old Age and Sexuality in the Light of Humorous Narration

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ID6014091
AuthorsSinikka Vakimo (University of Eastern Finland, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume45
Issue38
Pages108-121
Publication date2015-12-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEtnološka tribina (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0351-1944 • E-ISSN: 1848-9540
PublisherCroatian Ethnological Society (PUBLISHER • HR)
DOI10.15378/1848-9540.2015.38.06
OpenAlexW2214088371
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited8

is article deals with the perceptions of the elderly from the agrarian culture of early-to-mid-20 thcentury Finland.It focusses especially on how the sexuality and corporeality of old women are de ned in humorous oral narration.e research materials include archival anecdotes about old age and sexuality.e research draws upon theoretical discussions presented in feminist cultural gerontology and folklore studies.e gure of the old woman emerges here as a strikingly complex sexual agent, a gure whose body and sexuality are visible in anecdotes and not hidden

Art · Folklore · Human sexuality · Literature · Narrative · Perception · Sociology · Anthropology · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Gender Studies · History · Psychology · Research in Social Sciences

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year0,43
Citation span2019 - 2026 (8)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3

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