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The Intersection of Age and Gender

Reworking Gender Theory and Social Gerontology

Clary Krekula

University of Gävle

This article discusses the position of older women in gender theory and in social gerontology. It shows how older women are made invisible in gender theory through the selection of arenas and themes, by model monopoly and by a lack of problematization of age. In the social gerontological field, older women have frequently been objects of research. However, double jeopardy assumptions have resulted in a perspective that foregrounds misery. Results from focus group interviews with women aged 75 and over, shed light on ageing as a process of development and on twofold bodily meanings, such as on-stage-body and off-stage-body. Thus, based on an approach of age and gender as intertwining systems, the article argues for a more complex understanding of the intersection of age and gender.

Key Words: age • bodily dimensions • embodied identities • gender • gender theories • intersectionality • older women • social gerontology

Current Sociology, Vol. 55, No. 2, 155-171 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0011392107073299
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