OLD AGE, CORPORAL IMAGE AND CURRENT WORLD

Authors

  • SIMONE MENDONÇA LAGE WELLING

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2010.2797

Abstract

In this text, the author brings an extract of her master´s dissertation entitled Me, old? Old Ag for she discusses the paradoxical way in wich the body is treated in current world, when culture favors the image of youthfulness and longevity and seems to want to keep away from the elderly experience as a life period closer to death and body decrepitude. 

Keywords: body, corporal image, old age

Author Biography

SIMONE MENDONÇA LAGE WELLING

Mestre em Psicologia (PUC-MG). Pós-graduada em Psicanálise Aplicada à Saúde Mental (UNILESTE-MG). Graduada em Psicologia (UNILESTE-MG) e Educação Física (ICMG-MG).

 

Published

2012-03-27

How to Cite

WELLING, S. M. L. (2012). OLD AGE, CORPORAL IMAGE AND CURRENT WORLD. POLÊM!CA, 9(3), 98 a 103. https://doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2010.2797

Issue

Section

DESENVOLVIMENTO HUMANO