The Satire of Gerontophobic Ableism in Muriel Spark’s Memento Mori: A “Salutary Scar”
In recent years, the COVID‑19 pandemic highlighted the widespread reality of ableism and gerontophobia in many societies, as older and disabled people faced institutional violence. In examining a Scottish 20th‑century novel, Muriel Spark’s Memento Mori (1959), this paper investigates how Spark denou...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:etudesecossaises_4872 https://doi.org/10.4000/etudesecossaises.4872 urn:doi:10.4000/etudesecossaises.4872 en https://journals.openedition.org/etudesecossaises/4872 2024-03-29T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/w4q3 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ The Satire of Gerontophobic Ableism in Muriel Spark’s Memento Mori: A “Salutary Scar” Études écossaises UGA Éditions - Université Grenoble Alpes info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1969-6337 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1240-1439 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/etudesecossaises Fath, Gabrielle satire Muriel Spark études du handicap gérontophobie vieillissement gérontologie culturelle satire Muriel Spark disability studies gerontophobia ageing cultural gerontology In recent years, the COVID‑19 pandemic highlighted the widespread reality of ableism and gerontophobia in many societies, as older and disabled people faced institutional violence. In examining a Scottish 20th‑century novel, Muriel Spark’s Memento Mori (1959), this paper investigates how Spark denounces institutional violence through satire, termed satire of “gerontophobic ableism” here. Described by Spark as a “salutary scar”, satire denounces imbalanced care relations in medical institutions in the novel. This paper investigates how the ageing characters become increasingly socially marginalised, as their non‑normative bodies and minds are deemed unproductive to capitalist society, and examines how studying their marginalised experiences can reveal central, societal issues. Ces dernières années, la pandémie du COVID‑19 a mis en lumière la réalité largement répandue du validisme et de la gérontophobie dans de nombreuses sociétés où les personnes âgées et handicapées furent confrontées à la violence institutionnelle. Par l’étude d’un roman écossais du xxe siècle, Memento Mori (1959) de Muriel Spark, cet article explore comment Spark dénonce la violence institutionnelle par la satire, appelée satire du « validisme gérontophobe » ici. Décrite par Spark comme une « cicatrice salutaire », la satire dénonce les inégalités des rapports de soin en milieu médical dans le roman. Cet article porte sur la marginalisation sociale progressive des personnages vieillissants, à mesure que leurs corps et esprits non normatifs sont jugés improductifs par la société capitaliste, et examine comment l’étude de leurs expériences marginalisées peut révéler des problèmes de société centraux. |
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In recent years, the COVID‑19 pandemic highlighted the widespread reality of ableism and gerontophobia in many societies, as older and disabled people faced institutional violence. In examining a Scottish 20th‑century novel, Muriel Spark’s Memento Mori (1959), this paper investigates how Spark denounces institutional violence through satire, termed satire of “gerontophobic ableism” here. Described by Spark as a “salutary scar”, satire denounces imbalanced care relations in medical institutions in the novel. This paper investigates how the ageing characters become increasingly socially marginalised, as their non‑normative bodies and minds are deemed unproductive to capitalist society, and examines how studying their marginalised experiences can reveal central, societal issues. |
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