La Terza età nelle narrazioni delle persone anziane

Journal title SALUTE E SOCIETÀ
Author/s Valeria Cappellato, Alessandra Dian
Publishing Year 2025 Issue 2025/1
Language Italian Pages 22 P. 44-65 File size 364 KB
DOI 10.3280/SES2025-001004
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The article analyses 18 semi-structured interviews with self-sufficient individuals over 65 to critically reflect on the rhetoric of active and successful ageing which, if internalized, may guide individuals, contributing to the construction of the “true elderly” otherness and the imaginary of an abject Fourth Age marked by decline. The analysis focuses on three dimensions – the relationship with the self, with the world, and the sense of belonging – highlighting several strategies of resistance and negotiation enacted by the interviewees in their attempt to carve out spaces of agency in managing daily life.

Keywords: ageing; active ageing; third age; identity; fourth age; management of everyday life.

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Valeria Cappellato, Alessandra Dian, La Terza età nelle narrazioni delle persone anziane in "SALUTE E SOCIETÀ" 1/2025, pp 44-65, DOI: 10.3280/SES2025-001004