Centenarians’ autobiographies : age, life writing and the enigma of extreme longevity
dc.contributor.author | Banerjee, Mita | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-21T13:48:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-12-21T13:48:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.description.abstract | Situated at the intersection between medical humanities, aging studies, autobiographical studies, disability studies and ethic studies, this book explores the fascination of centenarians' autobiographies for humanites research. It can be argued that the growing presence of centenarians' autobiographies on book markets across the globe may by rooted in the public's desire for positive images of aging, in contrast to the image of inevitable decay. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-9895 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/9913 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | de |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Medical & Health Humanities ; 2 | |
dc.rights | CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 | * |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject.ddc | 400 Sprache | de_DE |
dc.subject.ddc | 400 Language | en_GB |
dc.subject.ddc | 610 Medizin | de_DE |
dc.subject.ddc | 610 Medical sciences | en_GB |
dc.subject.ddc | 800 Literatur | de_DE |
dc.subject.ddc | 800 Literature and rhetoric | en_GB |
dc.subject.ddc | 920 Biografie | de_DE |
dc.subject.ddc | 920 Biography | en_GB |
dc.title | Centenarians’ autobiographies : age, life writing and the enigma of extreme longevity | en_GB |
dc.type | Monographie | de |
jgu.description.edition | 1 | de |
jgu.description.extent | 332 Seiten | de |
jgu.organisation.department | FB 05 Philosophie und Philologie | de |
jgu.organisation.name | Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz | |
jgu.organisation.number | 7920 | |
jgu.organisation.place | Mainz | |
jgu.organisation.ror | https://ror.org/023b0x485 | |
jgu.publisher.doi | 10.1515/9783110769579 | de |
jgu.publisher.isbn | 978-3-11-076941-8 | de |
jgu.publisher.name | De Gruyter | de |
jgu.publisher.place | Berlin/Boston | de |
jgu.publisher.year | 2024 | |
jgu.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |
jgu.subject.ddccode | 400 | de |
jgu.subject.ddccode | 610 | de |
jgu.subject.ddccode | 800 | de |
jgu.subject.ddccode | 920 | de |
jgu.subject.dfg | Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften | de |
jgu.type.dinitype | Monograph | en_GB |
jgu.type.resource | Text | de |
jgu.type.version | Published version | de |