Aging in Slavic Literatures

Essays in Literary Gerontology

• Author(s): Dagmar Gramshammer-Hohl,
• Publisher: transcript Verlag
• Pages: 284
• ISBN_10: 3839432219
  ISBN_13: 9783839432211
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / European / Eastern , History / General , History / Europe / Eastern , History / Modern / 19th Century , History / Modern / 20th Century / General , History / Social History , Literary Criticism / General , Social Science / General , Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies , Social Science / Gerontology , Social Science / Popular Culture , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family , Social Science / Gender Studies , Philosophy / General , History / World , History / Europe / General , History / Modern / General , Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies ,

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In Slavic studies, aging and old age have thus far been only marginal concerns. This volume brings together the scattered research that has been done up to now on aging as represented and narrated in Slavic literatures. The essays investigate Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovene and Ukrainian representations of age/aging in various literary genres and epochs and analyze age as a powerful marker of difference and as constitutive of social relations and personal identity.