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Women, Aging, and Art - A Crosscultural Anthology (Paperback)
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Women, Aging, and Art - A Crosscultural Anthology (Paperback)
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The dry, wrinkled skin, crow’s feet and rheumy eyes of old women
can be seen universally; yet the actual images and their meaning
differ widely, and the very absence of these old women in certain
settings also reveals both a discomfort with the aged and an ease
in their invisibility. This is true in writing about art and often
in the art itself. The physical markers of aging, even implications
of death or the nearness of death, make many of these images of old
women, haunting; in the 16th and 17th centuries, they become
emblems of anger and avarice, though portraits of known elderly
women are often created with a sense of awe, and in some cases,
authority. This book provides a frank examination of old women,
from medieval “old wives” to contemporary reimaginations of
shamans and witches and empowering self-portraits. Works from
medieval Europe to colonial-time Polynesia, present West Africa,
Japan, and the Americas, in a multiplicity of media are explored.
These studies of varied representations of “old women” offer
fresh perspectives and a dialogue about society’s values and
preconceptions regarding the “golden years” in different times
and cultures. Images of old women may be the very opposite of what
one considers the ideal, but this discussion makes these often
overlooked images seem fresh and highlights their many positive
associations.
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