Foreign Countries of Old Age

Published by transcript Verlag 2021

Foreign Countries of Old Age

East and Southeast European Perspectives on Aging

Edited by: Dagmar Gramshammer-Hohl and Oana Hergenröther

Volume 19 in the series Aging Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839445549

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About this book

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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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 Publicly Available Download PDF	1
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Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Introduction Dagmar Gramshammer-Hohl and Oana Hergenröther Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Historical Perspectives
Old Age in the Balkans Increasing Life Expectancy – Decreasing Regard Karl Kaser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Co-Residence of Elderly Persons with Children and Grandchildren in Eastern and Southeast Europe 18th and 19th Centuries Siegfried Gruber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
“University Elders,” “Young Professors” and Students A Generational Approach to the History of Higher Education in Russia in the Late 19th Century Tatiana Saburova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Changes in Soviet Academia’s Age-Related Personnel Policies during the Cold War Kirill Levinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Qualitative and Quantitative Inquiries
No Country for Old People Ethnography of Traditional and Contemporary Conceptualizations of Old Age in Rural North Macedonia Ana Aštalkovska Gajtanoska and Ilina Jakimovska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Meanings of Getting Old in Post-Transition Serbia A Gender Perspective Natalija Perišić and Nadežda Satarić Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
On Nearness and Distance Seniors’ Lives in Urban Areas in Slovakia Ľubica Voľanská, Marcela Káčerová and Juraj Majo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
The Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Family Communication Dialogues with Grandmothers from Romania Loredana Ivan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
The Elderly in Russia A Socio-Psychological Approach Olga Krasnova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Literary Representations
Aging in Soviet Utopian and Dystopian Literature Rafaela Božić Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Ageless, Vital, Immortal Human Transformation in 20th-Century Russian Science and Literature Tatjana Petzer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Noticing Signs and Stereotypes of Aging Representations and Performance of Mind and Body in Tolstoj’s War and Peace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Does Genre Matter? The Role of Literary Genre and Narrator in Contemporary Russian Caregivers’ Narratives Maija Könönen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
Traumatic Aging in Borisav Stanković and Miloš Crnjanski The Symptomatic Body in the Modern and Expressionist View on Soul and Society Ingeborg Jandl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
The Dark Past of Family Age Roles and Superstition in Southeast European Literature and Popular Culture Natalia Stagl Škaro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
The Hag and the Egg Slavic Mythologies of Old Age as Reflected in Dubravka Ugrešić’s Novel Baba Yaga Laid an Egg Dagmar Gramshammer-Hohl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
Commemorating Russia’s Great Old Women An Interview with Ludmila Ulitskaya Dagmar Gramshammer-Hohl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 390
Keywords: Aging; Eastern Europe; Southeastern Europe; Balkans; Literature; History; Culture; Society; Demography; Ageism; Intergenerational Relationships; Education; Dementia; Mythology; Aging Studies; Biopolitics; Family; Slavic Studies; Cultural History; Eastern European History; Literary Studies

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Published: January 20, 2021
ISBN: 9783839445549