'Fade to Grey': Older women, embodied claims and attributions in English university departments of education

Meg Maguire

doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2008.09.001

'Fade to Grey': Older women, embodied claims and attributions in English university departments of education

Meg Maguire

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This article explores the experiences of a small number of older women who work in university departments of education. The article starts with a brief review of some of the research that documents the experiences of women who work in departments of education. The article then considers the ways in which the older woman's body has become a focus for action, suppression and, above all, a site for constant work. Women are exhorted by the mass media to be vigilant in order to combat the embodied signs of passing time and to work on the project of the (ageing) body. The article then explores some of the ways that older women in education departments may be positioned/position themselves in relation to these pressures and some of the ways in which they disrupt these discourses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	474 - 482
Number of pages	9
Journal	WOMENS STUDIES INTERNATIONAL FORUM
Volume	31
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2008.09.001
Publication status	Published - Nov 2008

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