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Red, Hot, Healthy Mommas
— (un)conventional understandings of women, health, and aging | | Author(s) | Kimberly Field-Springer |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 34, no 6, November 2012 |
| Pages | pp 692-713 |
| Source | www.roa.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Poverty ; Ageing process ; Health [elderly] ; Health services ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Case studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | There are 3.7 million people aged 65+ living in poverty in the United States; more than half are women. This article draws attention to what such women say about the aging process It also critically examines issues regarding cultural/medical norms, mind/body duality, and healthcare advocacy. The author interviewed six women, ranging in age from 50 to 65, who frequently attended a healthcare programme called Red, Hot, Healthy Mommas. The author uses narrative analysis to explore two types of counter-stories they told, to understand how these women re-identify and resist the ageing process. The author suggests a third counter-story called "negotiated", because findings point to elements that both combat oppression while simultaneously reinforcing dominant meta-narratives. Despite the edifying potentials of these strategies for women, the findings also indicate that patient autonomy and responsibility for one's own healthcare is not necessarily the best solution in combating discrimination that ageing women now face in American society. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121102221 A |
| Classmark | BD: W6: BG: CC: L: TOB: 69P: 7T |
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