The body, gender, and age: Feminist insights in social gerontology

By J. Twigg. 2004

466 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Gender Studies, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Pharmacy

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/9d762bad49d254b02ed87531f3544eedc3b44d81

How researchers see this paper

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In Gender Studies

1. M. Brown
2. T. Calasanti
3. W. Martin
4. J. Twigg

In Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

1. W. Martin
2. M. Brown
3. T. Calasanti
4. J. Twigg

In Pharmacy

1. M. Brown
2. T. Calasanti
3. W. Martin

Citations in the corpus

• Ageism, Gravity, and Gender: Experiences of Aging Bodies (2005, background): “Old people, and particularly old women, are subject to a “gaze of youth” ( Twigg, 2004, p.65 ) that is doubly threatening.”
• Routledge Handbook of Cultural Gerontology (2015, background): “For Coleman and colleagues, this suggests that there are important continuing themes in old age that play a part in enabling individuals to cope with loss and change through the care and support of those with whom they share emotional bonds.”
• LGBT aging and Rhetorical silence (2009, background): “ Twigg (2004) has explored cultural constructions of the body through processes of identity, resistance, and third-age theories of aging.”