Naslov
Who´afraid of Baba Yaga? A Reading of Ageing From the Gender Perspective

Autori
Geiger Zeman, Marija ; Zeman, Zdenko

Izvornik
Narodna umjetnost : hrvatski časopis za etnologiju i folkloristiku (0547-2504) 51 (2014), 1; 223-244

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, izvorni znanstveni članak, ostalo

Ključne riječi
ageing; culture of youthfulness; ageism; gerontology; Baba Yaga; Dubravka Ugrešić

Sažetak
Despite the fact that the growth of the old age population is noticeable in the most contemporary societies, the issues of growing old and personal experience of the old age population, old women in particular, remain unnoticed. In the culture fascinated by youth, old age is perceived in stereotypical ways, with a lot of prejudice, taboos and fears that produced many negative perceptions and discriminative practices. The paper is based on the analysis of ageing issues and life narratives of elderly women presented in the novel Baba Yaga Laid an Egg (2009) by Dubravka Ugrešić. In doing so, Baba Yaga, the ambivalent mythological heroine, has been shown as a greatly provocative character who – reinterpreted in the feminist key – creates new meanings and emancipatory potential for women of all ages.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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