Living solo at midlife: Can the pandemic de-stigmatize living alone in India?
J Aging Stud
; 56: 100907, 2021 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-953385
ABSTRACT
In this piece I argue that the pandemic with its emphasis on social distancing as a desirable civic norm can reconfigure popular understanding of mature female singlehood in India- a condition that is often described in the language of lacks and social failures. The pandemic, I argue, has reaffirmed the everyday practices of upper middle-class professional women (ages 50-60 years) lending them as positive agentic subjects who are invested in self-actualization and an appreciation of intimate solitude. Overall, by specifically focusing on subjectivities and social aspirations of my interlocutors during the pandemic, I illuminate ways in which middle aged selfhood is lived in all its fragility, ambivalence and emergent possibilities.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Women
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Quarantine
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Marital Status
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Social Stigma
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Physical Distancing
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Aging Stud
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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