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Discourses of Ageing in Fiction and Feminism

The Invisible Woman

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  • © 2013

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  1. Jeannette King

    1. University of Aberdeen, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Becoming Visible

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Crones, Viragos or Wise Women? Discourses of Female Ageing 1850–1900

      • Jeannette King
      Pages 3-18

    3. Spinsters, Widows and Mothers: Fictional Responses

      • Jeannette King
      Pages 19-38

    4. The Demented Other

      • Jeannette King
      Pages 39-53

  3. The 1960s and After

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Second-wave Feminism: Sisterhood and ‘My Generation’

      • Jeannette King
      Pages 57-72

    3. ‘If the Old Could’: Bridging the Generation Gap

      • Jeannette King
      Pages 73-100

    4. Autobiographical Fictions of Female Ageing

      • Jeannette King
      Pages 101-130

  4. The 1990s

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Discourses of Female Ageing at the Fin de Siècle

      • Jeannette King
      Pages 133-145

    3. The Sexual Politics of Ageing

      • Jeannette King
      Pages 146-171

  5. Conclusion: Shaking a Leg at Age

    1. Conclusion: Shaking a Leg at Age

      • Jeannette King
      Pages 172-183

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 184-221
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This book explores the way older women are represented in society. Through close readings of novels by major 20th century novelists, compared with the more dominant representations of female ageing to be found in popular culture it suggests that they offer a feminist understanding of the 'invisible' woman sometimes lacking in feminism itself.

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  • University of Aberdeen, UK

    Jeannette King

About the author

JEANNETTE KING is Emeritus Professor in English at the University of Aberdeen, UK. Having taught part-time for many years for the Open University while bringing up her children, she moved into Further Education before becoming a Lecturer in Women's Studies in the Department of English at Aberdee in 1995 where she taught until her retirement.

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