Old Age and Literature: An Overview

Ansello, Edward F.

doi:10.1080/0360127770020302

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“…The absence of interaction with the elderly beyond family members also was noted by Ansello (1977), who found that less than 22 percent of children from three to eleven knew old people outside of the family. Even when experiences with grandparents were favorable, there was no alteration in the prevailing view for children, leading to the conclusion that children did not seem to generalize to nonrelated senior adults.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Of the 656 books studied by Ansello (1977), only 3 percent were found to have old people as main characters. Even there, they were depicted as strangers, a tendency reported by Robin (1977) who concluded that the relational status of the elderly is a trend of the past in children's books.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Only 1 percent of the 22,000 illustrations studied showed old people alone. Ansello (1977) concluded that there is a pervasive and subtle devaluation of people because of age.…”

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confidence: 98%

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