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Queering Longevity: (Non)ageing Nonhumans and the Repro-hetero-youthful Future
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Abstract This paper focuses on the analysis of contemporary longevity research as a quest for "the key" to the extension of the human lifespan in nature. It questions the ways in which the cultural images and the material bodies of the (non)ageing animals have so far been used to shape the imaginary future o... mehr
This paper focuses on the analysis of contemporary longevity research as a quest for "the key" to the extension of the human lifespan in nature. It questions the ways in which the cultural images and the material bodies of the (non)ageing animals have so far been used to shape the imaginary future of a humankind that has "defeated" ageing. Two cases of such a treatment are examined: the negligibly senescent lobster, and the genetically altered mouse. This paper seeks to engage critical gerontology and queer ecological thinking in order to analyze the discourse on longevity research as a site of human-nonhuman entanglement in which heterosexism, ageism, and speciesism intersect. The theoretical discussions of heteronormative temporality, chrononormativity, and reproductive futurism further inform the critical understanding of the normative representation of the life course supported through the current futurist imagining of longevity. In conclusion, the article calls for a discussion of the ways in which the experimental thinking with the nonhuman creatures could encourage a more inclusive understanding of ageing in a future which challenges ageism, anthropocentrism, and (hetero)normativity.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Langlebigkeit; Lebenserwartung; Altern; Menschheit; Genetik; Gerontologie; Normativität; Sexualität; Reproduktion
Klassifikation
Gerontologie, Alterssoziologie
Philosophie, Theologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Queer ecology; Queer theory; Heteronormative temporality; Ageism; Anthropocentrism
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Seitenangabe
S. 204-219
Zeitschriftentitel
Sociologija vlasti / Sociology of power, 31 (2019) 3
ISSN
2074-0492
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0