Foreign Countries of Old Age

Foreign Countries of Old Age

East and Southeast European Perspectives on Aging

In: Aging Studies, 19

Edited by: Dagmar Gramshammer-Hohl and Oana Hergenröther

transcript-Verlag | 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839445549

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The exploration of what May Sarton calls the »foreign country of old age« usually does not go far beyond the familiar: the focus of Aging Studies has thus far clearly rested upon North America and Western Europe. This multi-disciplinary essay collection critically examines conditions and representations of old age and aging in Eastern and Southeastern Europe from various perspectives of the humanities and social sciences. By shedding light on these culturally specific contexts, the contributions widen our understanding of the aging process in all its diversity and demonstrate that a shift in perspectives might in fact challenge a number of taken-for-granted positions and presumptions of Aging Studies.

About the editors:

Dagmar Gramshammer-Hohl is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Slavic Studies at the University of Graz, Austria. She studied Slavic and Romance Languages, Literatures and Cultures in Graz, Moscow and Rouen and holds two master's and a doctoral degree from the University of Graz. She specializes in literary and cultural studies with a focus on 20th-century Russian literature, gender and age/aging studies. In her PhD thesis (2002) she analyzed representations of women's aging in Russian literature. Her current research project focuses on narratives of homecoming in Russian and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian literature of exile. Dagmar Gramshammer-Hohl was granted the Prof. Paul Petry Award in Aging Studies in 1998; she is an alumna of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and a member of the European Network in Aging Studies (ENAS). In 2011 she was granted the Excellence in Teaching Award of the University of Graz.

Oana Hergenröther (PhD) is a researcher at the University of Graz, Austria. Her focus is on literary studies and on plurilingualism in contemporary cultures and societies.

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Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	1
Contents Free access PDF PDF	5
Preface Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	9
Introduction Dagmar Gramshammer-Hohl and Oana Hergenröther Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	11
Historical Perspectives
Old Age in the Balkans Karl Kaser Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	33
Co-Residence of Elderly Persons with Children and Grandchildren in Eastern and Southeast Europe Siegfried Gruber Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	51
“University Elders,” “Young Professors” and Students Tatiana Saburova Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	71
Changes in Soviet Academia’s Age-Related Personnel Policies during the Cold War Kirill Levinson Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	91
Qualitative and Quantitative Inquiries
No Country for Old People Ana Aštalkovska Gajtanoska and Ilina Jakimovska Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	111
Meanings of Getting Old in Post-Transition Serbia Natalija Perišić and Nadežda Satarić Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	127
On Nearness and Distance Ľubica Voľanská, Marcela Káčerová and Juraj Majo Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	149
The Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Family Communication Loredana Ivan Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	179
The Elderly in Russia Olga Krasnova Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	207
Literary Representations
Aging in Soviet Utopian and Dystopian Literature Rafaela Božić Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	235
Ageless, Vital, Immortal Tatjana Petzer Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	253
Noticing Signs and Stereotypes of Aging Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	271
Does Genre Matter? Maija Könönen Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	291
Traumatic Aging in Borisav Stanković and Miloš Crnjanski Ingeborg Jandl Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	311
The Dark Past of Family Natalia Stagl Škaro Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	335
The Hag and the Egg Dagmar Gramshammer-Hohl Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	357
Commemorating Russia’s Great Old Women Dagmar Gramshammer-Hohl Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	371
Contributors Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	379

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Foreign Countries of Old Age

East and Southeast European Perspectives on Aging

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