Creativity in Later Life - Beyond Late Style

This collection begins with two premises: that our understanding of the nature and forms of creativity in later life remains limited and that dialogue between specialists in gerontology, the arts and humanities can produce the crucial new insights that are so obviously needed. Representing the outcome of ongoing dialogue across the disciplinary divide, the contributions of this volume reflect anew on what we share and how we differ; creating new narratives so as to build an understanding of late-life creativity that goes far beyond the narrow confines of the pervasively received idea of 'late style'.



Creativity in Later Life encompasses a range of personal reflections and discussions of the boundaries of creativity, including:

• Canonical artistic achievements to community art projects



• Narratives of carers for those living with dementia



• Analyses of creative theory

Through these insightful chapters, the authors consequently offer an understanding of creativity in later life as varied, socialised and - above all - located in the cultural and economic circumstances of the here and now.



This title will appeal to academics, practitioners and students in the various gerontological, arts and humanities fields; and to anyone with an interest in the nature of creativity in later life and the forms it takes.

List of contents

Introduction


David Amigoni and Gordon McMullan






The challenges of late-life creativity

1. Imagining otherwise: the disciplinary identity of gerontology




Ruth Ray





2. The singing voice in late life




Jane Manning



3. Creative ageing: the social policy challenge




Susan Hogan and Emily Bradfield





Rethinking late style




4. Turner's last works and his critics




Sam Smiles



5. Constructing a late style for David Bowie: old age, late-life creativity, popular culture




Gordon McMullan



6. An 'old man in the dimming world': Theodor Adorno, Derek Walcott and a defence of the idea of late style




Robert Spencer





The varieties of late-life creativity




7. Late-life creativity: assessing the value of theatre in later life




Miriam Bernard and Michelle Rickett



8. Late-life creativity: methods for understanding arts-


generated social capital in the lives of older people


Jackie Reynolds





9. 'It's play, really, isn't it?': dress, creativity, old age




Hannah Zeilig and Anna-Marie Almira





10. Visual diaries, creativity and everyday life




Wendy Martin and Katy Pilcher





11. Self, civic engagement and late-life creativity




Angela Glendenning




Narrating dementia




12. A critical narrative on late-life creativity and dementia: integrating citizenship, embodiment and relationality




Pia Kontos and Alisa Grigorovich



13. 'The artistry of it all': narrating The Tempest, dementia and the mapping of identity in a Manchester extrincare housing scheme




Liz Postlethwaite



14. Terry Pratchett's Living with Alzheimer's as a case study in late-life creativity




Martina Zimmerman



15. Narratives as talking therapy: research with Sikh carers of a family member with dementia in Wolverhampton




Karan Jutlla





Old age, creativity and the late city



16. 'Work, work, work and full steam ahead': Ian McKay and the conserving radicalism of the Gorton Visual Art Group, public artists in later life




John Miles





17. The late Peter Rice: late-style stories of ageing and the city in A Bright Past for Stoke on Trent

David Amigoni

About the author

David Amigoni is Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research & Enterprise and Professor of Victorian Literature at Keele University, UK

Gordon McMullan is Professor of English at King's College London, UK; and Director of the London Shakespeare Centre

Summary

Representing the outcome of ongoing dialogue across the disciplinary divide, the contributions of this volume reflect anew on what we share and how we differ; creating new narratives so as to build an understanding of late-life creativity that goes far beyond the narrow confines of the pervasively received idea of ‘late style’.

Product details

• Authors: David Mcmullan Amigoni
• Assisted by: David Amigoni (Editor), Gordon Mcmullan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367582494
• ISBN: 978-0-367-58249-4
• No. of pages: 294
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies