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Reconstructing the Social Image of Older Women and Ageing: The Transformative Power of the Narrative Set in the Local Context

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  • Paquita Sanvicen-Torné

    (Department of Sociology, GESEC-INDEST, University of Lleida, 25003 Lleida, Spain)

  • Ieva Stončikaitė

    (Department of English and Linguistics, DEDAL-LIT, University of Lleida, 25003 Lleida, Spain)

  • Anna Soldevila-Benet

    (Department of Pedagogy, GESEC-INDEST, University of Lleida, 25003 Lleida, Spain)

  • Fidel Molina-Luque

    (Department of Sociology, GESEC-INDEST, University of Lleida, 25003 Lleida, Spain)

Abstract

This case study reveals that age-related areas are the least desirable professional future options for many university students in social work degree programmes. One of the possible causes is the negative social labelling of older age, especially pronounced in respect of older women. Additionally, there is a poor and limited educational approach towards later life and growing older inside and outside the educational settings. This article focuses on the social construction of older age from gender and double theoretical perspectives. In particular, it centers on the pillars of education and profiguration. For educational and analytical purposes, these aspects are approached in the classroom setting from a critical perspective by using the in-depth reading of a book that is set in the local context, in particular, the city of Lleida (Spain). It presents the results of the content analysis and reflections written by 170 first-year university students taking a degree course in social work, and the outcomes of the subsequent classroom discussions with the author of the book. The study results show that better knowledge about the complexities of ageing and later life can lead to the reconstruction of the students’ viewpoints about older age, help foster critical thinking, and defy age-related stereotypes, beliefs, and prejudices.

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  • Paquita Sanvicen-Torné & Ieva Stončikaitė & Anna Soldevila-Benet & Fidel Molina-Luque, 2022. "Reconstructing the Social Image of Older Women and Ageing: The Transformative Power of the Narrative Set in the Local Context," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-22, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:11:y:2022:i:7:p:1057-:d:861198
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    1. Fidel Molina-Luque, 2020. "The Art of Living as a Community: Profiguration, Sustainability, and Social Development in Rapa Nui," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(17), pages 1-13, August.
    2. Ieva Stončikaitė & Núria Mina-Riera, 2020. "A Creative Writing Workshop on Sexuality and Ageing: A Spanish Pilot Case Study," Societies, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-12, July.
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