Between Archives: Yerushe, Intergenerational Collaboration, and Aging in Queer Family.

Drawing on critical aging studies, this article argues that queer relations inform understandings of loss, family, and belonging. What happens when older adults review, rehearse, and reappropriate historical texts? What is possible when archives serve as a space of dialogue? How do aging and death i...

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Published in:Radical History Review no. 139; pp. 200 - 212
Main Author: Gelfand, Rachel
Format: Article
Published: Duke University Press Jan2021
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Summary:Drawing on critical aging studies, this article argues that queer relations inform understandings of loss, family, and belonging. What happens when older adults review, rehearse, and reappropriate historical texts? What is possible when archives serve as a space of dialogue? How do aging and death impact queer memory transmission? The article analyzes research methods while examining queer family as a tool for intergenerational collaboration. This work rethinks designations of "generation" and "aging" by applying nonheteronormative frameworks.