Social representations of old age and their relations with decline and finitude in comments and criticisms published in the media

Authors

  • Maria Angélica Ferreira Dias Universidade de São Paulo e do Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, da Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
  • Constança Paúl Universidade do Porto.
  • Helena Akemi Wada Watanabe Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2014v17i1p125-143

Keywords:

Social Representations, Old Age, Finitude.

Abstract

Social representations of old age, both in related literature and in reverberations of two events reported in the media – the Michael Haneke film´s release Amour, and the suicide of actor, director and Brazilian producer Walmor Chagas aged 82 –, show an association between old age, decline and finitude, which is sometimes contested, sometimes reaffirmed in their connections, and demands attention on the aspects that are shown as being natural.

 

Author Biographies

Maria Angélica Ferreira Dias, Universidade de São Paulo e do Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, da Universidade do Porto (Portugal)

Psicóloga, doutoranda da Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo e do Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, da Universidade do Porto. Bolsista CAPES /Processo: 7349-12-2.

 

Constança Paúl, Universidade do Porto.

Psicóloga, Professora Catedrática de Psicologia no Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da Universidade do Porto. Diretora da UNIFAI/ICBAS-UP e do Programa Doutoral em Gerontologia e Geriatria (Universidade do Porto e Universidade de Aveiro).

 

Helena Akemi Wada Watanabe, Universidade de São Paulo

Enfermeira, Professora Doutora do Programa de Saúde Pública da Faculdade de Saúde Pública e do Programa de Mestrado Profissional Interunidades Formação Interdisciplinar em Saúde, ambos da Universidade de São Paulo.

 

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Published

2014-03-30

How to Cite

Dias, M. A. F., Paúl, C., & Watanabe, H. A. W. (2014). Social representations of old age and their relations with decline and finitude in comments and criticisms published in the media. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 17(1), 125–143. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2014v17i1p125-143

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Papers

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