IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1308: Growing Old in the Middle Ages: A Gendered Perspective, II - Representations
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Anthropologie historique du long Moyen Âge (AHLOMA), École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris |
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| Organiser: | Laura Cayrol Bernardo, Universidad de Oviedo |
| Moderator/Chair: | Araceli Rosillo-Luque, Arxiu-Biblioteca dels Franciscans de Catalunya / Departament d'Història Medieval, Paleografia i Diplomàtica, Universitat de Barcelona |
| Paper 1308-a | Maledicta vetula: Deconstructing Women's Old Age in the Medieval Western Mediterranean (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Gender Studies, Medicine, Mentalities |
| Paper 1308-b | The Limits of the Stages of Life and Temporality in the Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting, Art History - Sculpture, Gender Studies |
| Paper 1308-c | Ageing Bodies and Obscenity in Late Medieval French Poetry (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - French or Occitan |
| Abstract | Over the last few decades, studies on the biological, economic, social, psychological and cultural aspects of old age have multiplied, due to current debate on ageing in western populations and its impact in our societies. However, despite the vast possibilities in social sciences to develop this topic of research, the subject still has not received the attention it deserves. This is particularly true when it comes to gender studies. This session aims to analyse different attitudes about ageing and old age in medieval Western Europe, bearing in mind how these affected both men and women. |