Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15378/1848-9540.2015.38.06
In Search of Hidden Sexuality. Old Age and Sexuality in the Light of Humorous Narration
Sinikka Vakimo
; University of Eastern Finland, School of Humanities, Joensuu, Finland
Abstract
This article deals with the perceptions of the elderly from the agrarian culture of early-to-mid-20th-century Finland. It focusses especially on how the sexuality and corporeality of old women are defined in humorous oral narration. The research materials include archival anecdotes about old age and sexuality. The research draws upon theoretical discussions presented in feminist cultural gerontology and folklore studies. The figure of the old woman emerges here as a strikingly complex sexual agent, a figure whose body and sexuality are visible in anecdotes and not hidden.
Keywords
cultural conceptions; age and sexuality; body; humour; folklore
Hrčak ID:
149669
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Publication date:
18.12.2015.
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