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Care and power in the lives of ageing men as narratives of unbearable lightness

ŠMÍDOVÁ, Iva

Základní údaje

Originální název

Care and power in the lives of ageing men as narratives of unbearable lightness

Autoři

ŠMÍDOVÁ, Iva

Vydání

5th ISA Forum of Sociology. Session: The Social Challenges of Care in Contemporary Societies, RC38 Biography and Society, Rabat, July, 2025

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Stát vydavatele

Maroko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

conference web page

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

ageing, care, masculinities and power

Štítky

ageing, care, gender stereotypes, men and masculinities, power

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 14. 8. 2025 10:08, doc. PhDr. Iva Šmídová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

The choice, resources, and status mark approaches to care, including self-care, in the narratives collected in a qualitative study targeting aging men. Based on Fieldwork in several social environments (marginalized as well as privileged) in the Czech Republic, the paper opens a broader discussion on the appropriation of care as well as on the abundance or lack of symbolic recognition of care practiced and provided by men. The "ease" of appropriating some care contrasts with practices of distancing from it as well as with some care being labeled as mere help. The analytical focus is on such a "lightness of caring" in contrast with "the unbearable" accounts of some of the aspects of the ageing process, and on intersections of both. This presentation uses interpretations of transcripts of interviews with men situated in privileged status positions within the social hierarchy. It addresses ageing and masculinity as gendered categories and processes and is informed by CSMM (Critical studies on men and masculinities) approach. It elaborates and critically re􀀂ects on how these men experience social relations of care.

Návaznosti

GA23-05047S, projekt VaV

Název: Instituce stárnoucích mužů

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Instituce stárnoucích mužů

Citovat

ŠMÍDOVÁ, Iva. Care and power in the lives of ageing men as narratives of unbearable lightness. In 5th ISA Forum of Sociology. Session: The Social Challenges of Care in Contemporary Societies, RC38 Biography and Society, Rabat, July. 2025.

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   language = {eng},
   title = {Care and power in the lives of ageing men as narratives of unbearable lightness},
   url = {https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/forum/rabat-2025},
   year = {2025}
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ŠMÍDOVÁ, Iva. Care and power in the lives of ageing men as narratives of unbearable lightness. In \textit{5th ISA Forum of Sociology. Session: The Social Challenges of Care in Contemporary Societies, RC38 Biography and Society, Rabat, July}. 2025.

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