Age and the Body
University of the Witwatersrand, Wiser
Goal
Exploring attitudes toward aging and researching a range of medical responses to the facts of aging and death, by collecting narratives from the elderly that record and reflect on 20th century sexual practices, organ and transplant histories, chronic illness, neuro states, and pathographies, all the while including ordinary South Africans and analyses of two notable South Africans—Christiaan Barnard and Nelson Mandela.
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Catherine Burns, PhD
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Harriet Etheredge, PhD
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Sarah Nuttall, PhD
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Project Summary: Age and the Body
The project goal is to to explore attitudes toward aging and research a range of medical responses to the facts of aging and death, by collecting narratives from the elderly that record and reflect on 20th century sexual practices, organ and transplant histories, chronic illness, neuro states, and pathographies, all the while including ordinary South Africans and analyses of two notable South Africans—Christiaan Barnard and Nelson Mandela.
Document (Word) uploaded by Catherine Burns to Age and the Body | 14 Jan 2016
Open Questions: Age and the Body
What are the coming themes of aging that emerge when comparing elderly populations in Detroit and Johannesburg? What do 20th-century narratives from ordinary, elderly South Africans reveal, compared with those of notable countrymen Christiaan Barnard and Nelson Mandela?