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Identity foreclosure
— experiences of widowhood as expressed in autobiographical accounts |
| Author(s) | Deborah Kestin van den Hoonaard |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 17, part 5, September 1997 |
| Pages | pp 533-551 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Widows ; Personality ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Self esteem ; Adjustment ; Biographies. |
| Annotation | This article examines the loss of identity experienced by a woman when she becomes a widow. Based on an analysis of published autobiographical accounts of widowhood, it looks at how women express their experience of losing their husbands. It explicates a process of 'identity foreclosure' which strips a woman of her identity at every level, and the process by which the authors of these accounts have built new identities. Extensive quoting from the published accounts reveals the richness of these data, and provide a feeling for the emotional impact of widowhood that women experience. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971117003 A |
| Classmark | BD: SP: DK: DB: DPA: DR: 67 |
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