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Lövgren, K. (2023). Generaliseringar och stereotyper i jakten på det som sticker ut: Om åldrande och genus i medier, reklam och fiktion. In: : . Paper presented at Nyanser av den åldrande människans existens. Göteborgs universitet. Jonsereds Herrgård, 230221.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Generaliseringar och stereotyper i jakten på det som sticker ut: Om åldrande och genus i medier, reklam och fiktion
2023 (Swedish)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Other academic)
National Category
Other Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-41143 (URN)
Conference
Nyanser av den åldrande människans existens. Göteborgs universitet. Jonsereds Herrgård, 230221
Available from: 2023-03-13 Created: 2023-03-13 Last updated: 2023-03-13Bibliographically approved
Lövgren, K. (2023). Intressant länk mellan ålder och genus. Äldre i centrum (2), 76-81
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Intressant länk mellan ålder och genus
2023 (Swedish)In: Äldre i centrum, E-ISSN 2003-4776, no 2, p. 76-81Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Stiftelsen Stockholms läns Äldrecentrum, 2023
Keywords
åldrande, genus, litteratur, ålderism
National Category
Gender Studies Other Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-42171 (URN)
Available from: 2023-06-15 Created: 2023-06-15 Last updated: 2023-06-16Bibliographically approved
Lövgren, K. (2023). Older men and ageing masculinities in Sweden: On autofiction. In: : . Paper presented at Mascage final conference.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Older men and ageing masculinities in Sweden: On autofiction
2023 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Refereed)
Keywords
ageing, masculinity, gender, representations, fiction, interviews
National Category
Other Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-41142 (URN)
Conference
Mascage final conference
Funder
Swedish Research Council
Available from: 2023-03-13 Created: 2023-03-13 Last updated: 2023-03-13Bibliographically approved
Lövgren, K. (2023). Tankar om åldrandets höst [Review]. Äldre i centrum (1), 94-96
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Tankar om åldrandets höst
2023 (Swedish)In: Äldre i centrum, ISSN 2003-4776, no 1, p. 94-96Article, book review (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Stiftelsen Stockholms läns Äldrecentrum, 2023
Keywords
åldrande, skönlitteratur, gammal, genus, klass, ålder
National Category
Other Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-41245 (URN)
Available from: 2023-03-29 Created: 2023-03-29 Last updated: 2023-03-29Bibliographically approved
Lövgren, K., Sandberg, L. & Hearn, J. (2022). Advertising old men: Swedish old men reflect on “seeing themselves”. In: Virpi Ylänne (Ed.), Ageing and the Media: International Perspectives: . Bristol: Bristol University Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Advertising old men: Swedish old men reflect on “seeing themselves”
2022 (English)In: Ageing and the Media: International Perspectives / [ed] Virpi Ylänne, Bristol: Bristol University Press , 2022Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2022
Keywords
ageing, aging, media, fiction, advertising, representations, old men, masculinity
National Category
Other Social Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-37203 (URN)000993980900011 ()2-s2.0-85133238544 (Scopus ID)9781447362036 (ISBN)
Funder
Swedish Research Council
Note

kommande

Available from: 2021-10-21 Created: 2021-10-21 Last updated: 2023-09-15Bibliographically approved
Lövgren, K. (2022). Aktiva pensionärer och gubbig stereotyp: framställningar av äldre i reklam för banktjänster. In: : . Paper presented at Samhällsutmaningar, symposium våren 2022.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Aktiva pensionärer och gubbig stereotyp: framställningar av äldre i reklam för banktjänster
2022 (Swedish)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Presentationen bygger på en fallstudie av reklam som riktar sig till främst unga målgrupper, respektive till äldre personer. Analysen fokuserar på hur äldre framställs och vilken bild av hög ålder och åldrande detta kommunicerar. Avslutningsvis diskuteras framställningarnas sociala relevans.  

Keywords
åldrande, genus, reklam, åldersdiskriminering
National Category
Other Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-39917 (URN)
Conference
Samhällsutmaningar, symposium våren 2022
Available from: 2022-09-12 Created: 2022-09-12 Last updated: 2022-09-15Bibliographically approved
Sandberg, L., Lövgren, K. & Hearn, J. (2022). Bouncing off Ove: old men’s readings of the novel A Man Called Ove as a cultural representation of ageing masculinity . Journal of Aging Studies, 63, Article ID 101053.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Bouncing off Ove: old men’s readings of the novel A Man Called Ove as a cultural representation of ageing masculinity
2022 (English)In: Journal of Aging Studies, ISSN 0890-4065, E-ISSN 1879-193X, Vol. 63, article id 101053Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In recent years, there has been a rise in portrayals of greying protagonists in popular fiction, often featuring older people in humorous and heart-warming stories. An emerging genre within this literature is the “geezer and grump lit”, a genre where older people are active protagonists, and while often portrayed as grumpy “’usually turn out to have a heart of gold’” (Swinnen, 2019). A notable example of a book in this genre is the internationally bestselling novel A Man Called Ove (2012) by the Swedish author Fredrik Backman. Telling the story of the 59-year-old Ove who sets out to take his own life, the novel can be understood not only as a cultural representation of ageing, but more specifically a cultural representation of ageing masculinity. But how is this popular novel read and responded to by old men themselves? This article builds on a focus group study with Swedish men aged 65–92 who read and discussed A Man Called Ove. The aim of this article is thus to explore how men read the novel and how these readings function as ways of constructing, negotiating and challenging ageing masculinity and the old man as a gendered and aged position. Findings of the study show how discussion of the novel generated a variety of “imaginary positions” through which the participants made sense of what it means to be an old man in contemporary Sweden, including positions such as the active aspiring ageing man, the passive lonely old man, the embodied and vulnerable old man, and the dutiful old man. Future research should explore how other literary genres may provide ways of understanding how old men's gendered and aged subjectivities are constructed.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2022
Keywords
ageing, fiction, men, masculinities, old age, focus group interviews
National Category
Sociology Languages and Literature
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-37205 (URN)10.1016/j.jaging.2022.101053 (DOI)000901813600008 ()36462915 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-85133257256 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2021-10-21 Created: 2021-10-21 Last updated: 2023-01-26Bibliographically approved
Lövgren, K. (2022). Engagerande och fascinerande om prostatan [Review]. Äldre i centrum (4), 93-95
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Engagerande och fascinerande om prostatan
2022 (Swedish)In: Äldre i centrum, ISSN 1401-5110, no 4, p. 93-95Article, book review (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Stiftelsen Äldrecentrum, 2022
Keywords
män, genus, kropp, tvärvetenskap, prostata
National Category
Other Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-40567 (URN)
Projects
mascage
Available from: 2022-12-06 Created: 2022-12-06 Last updated: 2022-12-07Bibliographically approved
Lövgren, K. (2022). Old age in advertisements: Commercial logic and perceptions on audience. In: : . Paper presented at American College of Norway.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Old age in advertisements: Commercial logic and perceptions on audience
2022 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Other academic)
Keywords
ageing, old age, advertisements, media, gender
National Category
Other Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-39923 (URN)
Conference
American College of Norway
Available from: 2022-09-13 Created: 2022-09-13 Last updated: 2022-09-15Bibliographically approved
Lövgren, K. (2021). Allt om maskulinitetens åldrande. Äldre i centrum (2), 118-121
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Allt om maskulinitetens åldrande
2021 (Swedish)In: Äldre i centrum, ISSN 1401-5110, no 2, p. 118-121Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Stiftelsen Stockholms äldre centrum, 2021
Keywords
åldrande, manlighet, metod
National Category
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-35833 (URN)
Available from: 2021-05-25 Created: 2021-05-25 Last updated: 2021-05-25Bibliographically approved
Organisations
Identifiers
ORCID iD: ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-1830-9941

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