Matters of age: an introduction to ageing, intergenerationality and gender in Africa
SOURCE: Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012
TITLE AUTHOR(S): V.Reddy, N.Sanger
KEYWORDS: AFRICA, AGEING, GENDER
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7767
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2939
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2939
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012
TITLE AUTHOR(S): V.Reddy, N.Sanger
KEYWORDS: AFRICA, AGEING, GENDER
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7767
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2939
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2939
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Abstract
This introductory essay to this special issue of Agenda draws together a wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary literature on ageing, intergenerationality and gender, and locates the significance of writing from Africa within this context. The first half of the essay provides a critical and comprehensive review of available literature in the field, highlighting the significance of research and writing on the ways in which gender mediates ageing and intergenerationality as both process and emotional space. The latter half of the essay engages the significance of the depth of contributions in this issue as critical in the conversation around ageing, gender, and intergenerationality in the context of Africa and the South, and the need for perspectives from multiple disciplines to continue engaging the field through both scholarship and advocacy.-
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