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Old and Young
Maria Suokannas
25.1.2010
? Obviously, the lifespan must be seen
as something more than a biological
fact; it is a discursive or imagined
production, symbolic of a culture¡¯s
beliefs about living and aging [¡­]
(Katz, 1996:39)
Cultural ageing
? Chronological age
? Cognitive age
¨C feel-age, look-age, do-age och interest-age
? Subjective age
? Cultural age
¨C How different ideologiesshape ¡±borders¡± for
interpretingyour age and how your age
identity is constructed
Age concepts
Typicalways of categorizingpeople
? Age
? Sex
? Race
STEREOTYPES
50
50+
45
40+
60
65
75
55
20+
Fast forward ageing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DMzD9mNDOI
Mister: You must be out
of your 20's...or you
would have ran when
you saw my age
Lady: Yes I am out of
my 20s¡­
So what is age all about?
? Marketers havetheiridea of
howtheywantus to act as consumers at
different age stages
? We all haveourownconceptionsabout age
so it is aboutexperience and experiencing
age
? It is about getting older and hopefullywiser
all the time
Young Forever
When I'm 64
You're Aging Well
The Closest Thing To Crazy
Coming Of Age
From "Songs Of King Erik":
En Visa Till Karin N?r
Hon Hade Dansat(A Song
For Karin After She Had
Danced)
Hey Nineteen
September Song
My Generation
Young At Heart
When You're Old And
Lonely
Voulez-vousdanser grand-
m¨¨re
Les Vieux
Non Je N'aiRienOubli¨¦
Old Enough To Know Better
A Couple More Years
Keski-Ik? On Syv?lt?
? j koivusalo
? j koivusalo
? j koivusalo
? j koivusalo
? j koivusalo
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