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Uma história da velhice no Brasil / Mary Del Priore.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Del Priore, Mary, Author.
Language:
Portuguese
Subjects (All):
Older people--Brazil--History.
Older people.
Aging--Brazil--History.
Aging.
Older people--Brazil--Social conditions.
Brazil--Population.
Brazil.
Brazil--History.
Physical Description:
309 pages, 9 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
illustrations.
mixed color.
Place of Publication:
São Paulo : Vestígio, [2025]
Summary:
This work presents a history of old age in Brazil from the colonial period to modern times, exploring how the experience of aging has transformed over the centuries. The author examines how the elderly were perceived and how they lived in different historical periods, from the early days of colonization, through the Empire, the Old Republic, and into the present day. The research uses sources such as Jesuit chronicles, travelers' accounts, memoirs, correspondence, newspapers, literature, paintings, and photographs to reconstruct the experience of old age in the past. The work analyzes topics such as gender differences in aging, the condition of elderly slaves, the role of widows and spinsters, the relationship between old age and poverty, the development of geriatrics, and the transformation of the "old" into the "elderly." The book offers a historical perspective on how old age went from being a fatality to being seen as a privilege, exploring social and cultural representations of aging in different historical contexts in Brazil.
Contents:
Introdução
Parte I. Velhos até os tempos da Independência
Terra à vista, e velhos também...
Retrato dos primeiros patriarcas
A velha bruxa e a índia de seios caídos
Velhice & feiura
Quando o relógio da vida acelerava
Doenças e remédios possíveis
Velhice = impotência e menopausa
Na jovem Colônia, os velhos
Casamento ajudava a viver mais e melhor?
Independência na velhice
Elas, viúvas
Velhos escravos e escravos velhos
Parte II. Tempos novos para os velhos
A velhice, um país
Velhos, papel e tinta
O papel da memória e os patriarcas
O cotidiano do velho no Império
Dores de velhos
Matronas: alegria com rugas
Itinerário da solidão: as solteironas
Outros velhos: ex-escravos e mestiços pobres
Nova gente, novos velhos
Velhice e pobreza
Parte III. Velhos numa República Velha
Outros novos tempos
Velhos na República Velha
Velhice, adiante, marche!
Brincando com as idades da vida
Velhice, um país
Quando o ticket perdia a validade
A viagem silenciosa
Geriatria: primeiros passos
Parte IV. A troca do velho pelo idoso
Falando em "etarismo"...
Velhice no feminino
Vidas e fins possíveis...
Para passar o tempo ou vendo o tempo passar
Last, but not least
Bibliografia
Agradecimentos.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-308).
ISBN:
9786560020917
6560020916
OCLC:
1528571218

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