CfP: Women’s Narratives of Ageing and Care

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Date
30 November 2021, 11.00pm - 11.30pm

Institute
Institute of Modern Languages Research

Type
Call for Papers

Venue
Online

Description

Deadline for proposals:

30 November 2021

Conference:

18 March 2022

Care is fundamental to human survival, yet it is often overlooked, undermined, and undervalued. Care of the old, in particular, is low in status and too readily occluded. This event seeks to explore why and how, to examine some of the powerful responses to relationships of care in recent creative works by women, and to investigate ways in which care might be redefined and reconceptualized. Taking as its focus the representation or narrativization of care, in theory, literature and visual culture, it seeks to engage with contemporary female-authored texts from diverse cultural contexts, encouraging the development of comparative, cross-cultural perspectives. Narrative is key here; as Sarah Falcus claims: ‘Telling and reading stories of age … open[s] up debate and embrace [s] complexity, and may challenge our ways of thinking.’

We welcome a wide range of proposals, including those investigating:  

• Care homes; the settings of care
• Memory and identity; dementia, Alzheimer’s and care
• Care theory
• Care and cultural gerontology
• Care and ageing in the medical humanities 
• Gender, ageing and care
• Literature’s role in sensitizing people to / promoting care
• Care and covid-19

Please send proposals for papers (15-20 minutes) to [email protected] and [email protected] by the deadline of Tuesday 30th November 2021. Proposals should be in the form of a 250-word abstract accompanied by a short author bio.

Contact
Cathy Collins
[email protected]