Discourses of Ageing in Fiction and Feminism

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Discourses of Ageing in Fiction and Feminism is written by J. King and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 113729227X (ISBN 10) and 9781137292278 (ISBN 13).

This book explores the way older women are represented in society. Through close readings of novels by major 20th century novelists, compared with the more dominant representations of female ageing to be found in popular culture it suggests that they offer a feminist understanding of the 'invisible' woman sometimes lacking in feminism itself.