Queering Time, Ageing, and Relationships with Split Britches
dc.contributor.author | Harvie, J | en_US |
dc.contributor.editor | Adiseshiah, S | en_US |
dc.contributor.editor | Culley, A | en_US |
dc.contributor.editor | Shears, J | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-05-11T12:50:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-04-05 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2052-7217 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/86778 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article begins by outlining some dominant narratives that produce ageism by socially constructing older age as a time of linear decline, social dependency, social isolation, and intergenerational conflict. It then concentrates on recent work by elder lesbian feminist performance company Split Britches: Ruff (2012), Unexploded Ordnances (2018), What Tammy Needs to Know about Getting Old and Having Sex (2013), and Last Gasp (2020-21). It explores the alternative narratives of older age – or elder life – that Split Britches propose, as a time of futurity, desire, unexplored potential, and intergenerational as well as intragenerational relationality. It also explores how Split Britches responds to chrononormative practices – which make socially produced understandings of time appear natural – by queering them. The article argues that Split Britches model socially progressive visions of elder life and relationships, both across generations and within their own, by queering dominant expectations and practices of relationships and time – including ageing. | en_US |
dc.language | English | en_US |
dc.publisher | British Academy | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of the British Academy | en_US |
dc.rights | This is an open access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Unported License | |
dc.subject | ageism | en_US |
dc.subject | chrononormative | en_US |
dc.subject | desire | en_US |
dc.subject | futurity | en_US |
dc.subject | intergenerational | en_US |
dc.subject | older age | en_US |
dc.subject | queer | en_US |
dc.subject | relationality | en_US |
dc.subject | Split Britches | en_US |
dc.title | Queering Time, Ageing, and Relationships with Split Britches | en_US |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.rights.holder | © The author(s) 2023. | |
pubs.notes | Not known | en_US |
pubs.publication-status | Accepted | en_US |
pubs.publisher-url | https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publishing/journal-british-academy/ | en_US |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2023-04-05 | en_US |
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