Holland, Caroline and Ward, Richard
(2012).
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Abstract
Greying hair is one of the definitive physical markers of advancing years. Indeed the phrase ‘going grey’ is common metaphor for ageing itself. In this chapter we consider how media images of hair and discourses on the appearance, condition, length and colour of hair contribute to the normalisation of particular attitudes to the appearance, particularly of older women. The discussion includes the construct of greying as transition; a point of entry to a stage in the life course that is implicitly unwanted and where the language of resistance, fighting and even war is deployed in support of rejecting old age. Drawing on older people's personal accounts, the chapter discusses how their subjective and personal responses often reveal a strategic and agentive negotiation of the reflexive relationship between the body, self and society.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2012 Palgrave Macmillan |
| ISBN: | 0-230-27259-2, 978-0-230-27259-0 |
| Funders: | National Lottery Fund |
| Keywords: | ageing; appearance; hair; hairdressing; greying; media |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Health and Social Care |
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| Item ID: | 33005 |
| Depositing User: | Caroline Holland |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Mar 2012 11:03 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2012 21:29 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/33005 |
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