What, when & where
Women’s Narratives of Ageing and Care
Institute of Modern Languages Research
Deadline for proposals: 30 November 2021
Conference: 18 March 2022
Care is fundamental to human survival, yet it is often overlooked, undermined, and undervalued. Care of the old, in particular, is low in status and too readily occluded. This event seeks to explore why and how, to examine some of the powerful responses to relationships of care in recent creative works by women, and to investigate ways in which care might be redefined and reconceptualized. Taking as its focus the representation or narrativization of care, in theory, literature and visual culture, it seeks to engage with contemporary female-authored texts from diverse cultural contexts, encouraging the development of comparative, cross-cultural perspectives. Narrative is key here; as Sarah Falcus claims: ‘Telling and reading stories of age … open[s] up debate and embrace [s] complexity, and may challenge our ways of thinking.’
We welcome a wide range of proposals, including those investigating:
Care homes; the settings of care
Memory and identity; dementia, Alzheimer’s and care
Care theory
Care and cultural gerontology
Care and ageing in the medical humanities
Gender, ageing and care
Literature’s role in sensitizing people to / promoting care
Care and covid-19
Deadline & how to apply
Please send proposals for papers (15-20 minutes) to emily.jeremiah@rhul.ac.uk and shirley.jordan@newcastle.ac.uk by the deadline of Tuesday 30th November 2021. Proposals should be in the form of a 250-word abstract accompanied by a short author bio.
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