Royal Ageing: The Queen Mother and Queen Victoria

Mike Hepworth

Sociological Research Online, 2002, vol. 7, issue 1, 189-194

Abstract: This paper is a reflection on the contribution of the image of the Queen Mother to the cultural construction of role models of positive ageing. The interest lies in the Queen Mother's performance in public of her roles as woman and royal personage particularly as she grew older. It is suggested that cultural analysis of the icon of the Queen Mother as a blend of gender and power suggests certain significant parallels with the imagery cultivated around the career of Queen Victoria in the later years of her life.

Keywords: Emotions; Gender; Images Of Ageing; Positive Ageing; Royal Family (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.5153/sro.685

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