The older woman at the centre of dystopia: dramatizing the perils of ageism in Emma Adams’ Animals

This article presents an age-centered analysis of Animals (2015), a dystopian play by the British playwright Emma Adams in which men and women over 60 are deemed redundant and useless by a dystopian society that either ordains their murder or marginalizes them completely. Framed within the field of...

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Published in:	International Journal of Ageing and Later Life
Main Authors:	Inesa Shevchenko-Hotsuliak, Núria Casado-Gual
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Linköping University Electronic Press 2025-04-01
Subjects:	ageism contemporary drama demodystopia intergenerational relationships older women
Online Access:	https://ijal.se/article/view/5299