Abstract

VIEIRA, Renata de Almeida  and  MACIEL, Lizete Shizue Bomura. Better age, or naturalization of old age and production of prejudices?. Sér.-Estud. [online]. 2020, vol.25, n.54, pp.49-63.  Epub Sep 22, 2020. ISSN 2318-1982.  https://doi.org/10.20435/serie-estudos.v25i54.1303.

This article, of a bibliographic nature, arises from an investigation centered on the subject of prejudice. It aims to present a discussion on the naturalization of old age and the production of prejudices to the elderly. It is a discussion about old age beyond appearances, since this has become, since the third part of the 20th century, a niche market to explore, hence the focus on the elderly is not free or fortuitous. The result of the study, among other considerations, is that aging as a biological process, as an alteration of some organic functions and as part of the natural development of the human being is real, applies to all members of the species, and there is no denying it. However, old age with a negative character, full of prejudices, is a social phenomenon, in consequence, a human production, erected within social relations. Discussing it from that perspective becomes, therefore, imperative if, in fact, we opt for human promotion in all its ages and stages of development.

Keywords : old age; prejudice; cultural-historical theory.

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