The Life, Old Age, and Death of a Working-Class Woman

In The Life, Old Age, and Death of a Working-Class Woman, Eribon continues the historical, political and personal reflection he began with Returning to Reims, this time turning his attention to the end of life. Tracing his mother''s rapid decline, and drawing on works by Simone de Beauvoir, Norbert Elias, Annie Ernaux and Michel Foucault, among others, Eribon transmutes his rage, sadness and the shame over her death into a strikingly nuanced portrait of the woman who raised him. Here, Eribon asks: how does our society treat the elderly? What is the place of bodies that can no longer assemble, discuss freedom or protest? Can the completely dependent speak for themselves - and if not, who can speak for them?

An honest, original and wide-ranging exploration of the relationship between ageing and class, politics and literature, this is a profound meditation on a fundamental human experience, too often overlooked.<>

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Didier Eribon, Eribon Didier
• Con la collaborazione di: Michael Lucey (Traduzione), Lucey Michael (Traduzione)
• Editore: Allen Lane
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 25.03.2025
• EAN: 9780241686720
• ISBN: 978-0-241-68672-0
• Pagine: 256
• Dimensioni: 143 mm x 224 mm x 27 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; France, PHILOSOPHY / Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, Memoirs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Later Years, social and political philosophy, Care of the elderly, Age groups: the elderly, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology: family and relationships, Maturation & Ageing, Sociology: death and dying, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Health Care, Coping with / advice about ageing, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs