Men in/and crisis: The cultural narrative of men's midlife crises
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Men in/and crisis : The cultural narrative of men's midlife crises. / Eriksen, Camilla Bruun.
In: Journal of Aging Studies, Vol. 57, 100926, 06.2021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Men in/and crisis
T2 - The cultural narrative of men's midlife crises
AU - Eriksen, Camilla Bruun
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Focusing on cultural narratives about men's midlife crises, this article explores the more subtle forms that medicalization takes by broadening and re-orientating the concept of successful ageing away from strictly political, medical or/and sociological discussions of health and ageing and towards cultural representations of masculinity, optimization and the handling of a personal crisis. Using two examples; the British comedy Swimming with Men (2018) and the novel Doppler (2014) by Erlend Loe the article discusses the entanglement of masculinity, crisis and ageing and in doing so argues that cultural narratives about men's midlife crises do more than merely comment on already existing understandings of ageing and should in fact be understood as important components in the ongoing medicalization of middle-aged masculinities.
AB - Focusing on cultural narratives about men's midlife crises, this article explores the more subtle forms that medicalization takes by broadening and re-orientating the concept of successful ageing away from strictly political, medical or/and sociological discussions of health and ageing and towards cultural representations of masculinity, optimization and the handling of a personal crisis. Using two examples; the British comedy Swimming with Men (2018) and the novel Doppler (2014) by Erlend Loe the article discusses the entanglement of masculinity, crisis and ageing and in doing so argues that cultural narratives about men's midlife crises do more than merely comment on already existing understandings of ageing and should in fact be understood as important components in the ongoing medicalization of middle-aged masculinities.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100926
DO - 10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100926
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34082996
AN - SCOPUS:85103648584
VL - 57
JO - Journal of Aging Studies
JF - Journal of Aging Studies
SN - 0890-4065
M1 - 100926
ER -
ID: 319264055