Centenarians’ autobiographies : age, life writing and the enigma of extreme longevity

dc.contributor.authorBanerjee, Mita
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-21T13:48:27Z
dc.date.available2023-12-21T13:48:27Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractSituated 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.doihttp://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-9895
dc.identifier.urihttps://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/9913
dc.language.isoengde
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMedical & Health Humanities ; 2
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subject.ddc400 Sprachede_DE
dc.subject.ddc400 Languageen_GB
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizinde_DE
dc.subject.ddc610 Medical sciencesen_GB
dc.subject.ddc800 Literaturde_DE
dc.subject.ddc800 Literature and rhetoricen_GB
dc.subject.ddc920 Biografiede_DE
dc.subject.ddc920 Biographyen_GB
dc.titleCentenarians’ autobiographies : age, life writing and the enigma of extreme longevityen_GB
dc.typeMonographiede
jgu.description.edition1de
jgu.description.extent332 Seitende
jgu.organisation.departmentFB 05 Philosophie und Philologiede
jgu.organisation.nameJohannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
jgu.organisation.number7920
jgu.organisation.placeMainz
jgu.organisation.rorhttps://ror.org/023b0x485
jgu.publisher.doi10.1515/9783110769579de
jgu.publisher.isbn978-3-11-076941-8de
jgu.publisher.nameDe Gruyterde
jgu.publisher.placeBerlin/Bostonde
jgu.publisher.year2024
jgu.rights.accessrightsopenAccess
jgu.subject.ddccode400de
jgu.subject.ddccode610de
jgu.subject.ddccode800de
jgu.subject.ddccode920de
jgu.subject.dfgGeistes- und Sozialwissenschaftende
jgu.type.dinitypeMonographen_GB
jgu.type.resourceTextde
jgu.type.versionPublished versionde

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