The Red Dressing Gown

Pickard, Susan ORCID: 0000-0003-3429-8880 (2023) The Red Dressing Gown. Simone de Beauvoir Studies, 33 (2). pp. 230-250.

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Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This article explores Beauvoir’s evolving attitude toward aging and old age, specifically the shift from a fear and horror of aging toward a positive acceptance, and links this transformation to the death of her mother. It suggests that Beauvoir resolved her intense and complex relationship with her mother when the latter was dying, replacing melancholia with mourning and abjection with recognition. Escaping from the attraction and fears inherent in the identity of the “dutiful daughter,” henceforth she faced aging with equanimity.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Aging
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Law and Social Justice
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	01 Jun 2023 07:43
Last Modified:	27 Apr 2024 20:24
DOI:	10.1163/25897616-bja10069
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3170772