Gender and Aging: Reflections on the body aged

Authors

  • Silvana Maria Bitencourt Departamento de Sociologia e Ciência Política da Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso (UFMT), Campus Cuiabá (MT).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2015v18i2p443-458

Keywords:

Aging, Body, Gender.

Abstract

The work aims to identify the experiences of men and women lived from the aging body. The methodology consisted of semi-structured interviews with elderly / those between the age group 65-77 years in the city of Cuiabá (MT), Brazil. As results, it was found that the experiences of men during youth were linked to a body built for masculinity attributes such as strength, virility and work; while women remembered is a body that "weighed less" and which was later modified by experience of biological and social motherhood. In this sense, men and women were significantly influenced by traditional gender representations. Representations, those who collaborate so that the techniques learned / incorporated during the aging process to hold discussions with the gender representation they had during their socialization processes.

 

Author Biography

Silvana Maria Bitencourt, Departamento de Sociologia e Ciência Política da Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso (UFMT), Campus Cuiabá (MT).

Professora Adjunta II do Departamento de Sociologia e Ciência Política da Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso (UFMT), Campus Cuiabá. Socióloga, Doutorado e Mestrado em Sociologia Política pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Estágio doutoral no Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal). Líder do grupo de pesquisa (CNPq) “Saúde do Corpo, Gênero e Gerações”. Pesquisadora do grupo de pesquisa “Pesquisa, Ensino e Extensão em Ciências Sociais” e da Rede Ibero-Americana Ciência, Gênero e Tecnologia. Coordenadora do Curso de Licenciatura em Ciências Sociais da UFMT entre maio de 2013 a maio de 2015.

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Published

2015-06-30

How to Cite

Bitencourt, S. M. (2015). Gender and Aging: Reflections on the body aged. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 18(2), 443–458. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2015v18i2p443-458

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Papers

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