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oapen-20.500.12657-896822024-04-09T02:29:18Z Extraordinary Forms of Aging Velten, Julia Aging Life Writing Illness Narratives Centenarians Progeria Aging Studies Literature Body American Studies Medicine Cultural Studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSP Age groups and generations::JBSP4 Age groups: the elderly thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general While aging and the life-course appear to be normalized processes, the complex construction of age at the intersection of biology, society, and culture remains opaque. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of age(ing) by exploring its construction through the analysis of extraordinary cases. Focusing on life narratives of centenarians and children with progeria, Julia Velten analyzes the way in which these people experience age(ing) and shows how these experiences can contribute to our understanding of age. Situated at the intersection of aging studies and medical humanities, the study explores what extraordinary age(ing) can tell us about aging processes in general. 2024-04-08T14:05:05Z 2024-04-08T14:05:05Z 2022 book ONIX_20240408_9783839462775_121 9783839462775 9783837662771 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/89682 eng Aging Studies application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 9783839462775.pdf transcript Verlag transcript Verlag 10.14361/9783839462775 10.14361/9783839462775 b30a6210-768f-42e6-bb84-0e6306590b5c 4a1ea0f2-e46e-4025-bbc3-e853f4181d49 9783839462775 9783837662771 transcript Verlag 23 254 Bielefeld 101017536 Backlisttransformation EOSC Future H2020 Excellent Science H2020 Priority Excellent Science open access
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While aging and the life-course appear to be normalized processes, the complex construction of age at the intersection of biology, society, and culture remains opaque. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of age(ing) by exploring its construction through the analysis of extraordinary cases. Focusing on life narratives of centenarians and children with progeria, Julia Velten analyzes the way in which these people experience age(ing) and shows how these experiences can contribute to our understanding of age. Situated at the intersection of aging studies and medical humanities, the study explores what extraordinary age(ing) can tell us about aging processes in general.
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