Cougars and Crones

Non-Fiction: Chapters/Essays/Monographs
Written By Amanda Barusch

  • Title – Cougars and Crones

  • Subtitle – Maverick Archetypes for Older Women

  • Author – Amanda Barusch

  • Genre – Non-fiction, Women’s Studies

  • Type – A chapter from the book, “Shaping Ageing”

  • Publication Date – Arpil, 2022

  • Publisher – Taylor & Francis Group

  • Medium – Journal

  • Available at – Taylor & Francis Group

  • Link – https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003046790-5/cougars-crones-amanda-barusch

  • Synopsis – This sprightly little piece argues that cougars and crones might not get on terribly well but they both fulfill the same function: Expanding the possibilities for older women. It appears in Shaping Ageing: Social Transformations and Enduring Meanings, edited by Adriana Teodorescu and Dan Chiribuca and published by Routledge.

Photograph of an ancient terracotta figurine, from the Shaping Ageing collection by Taylor & Francis Group, depicting a human figure with detailed facial features and a headdress, standing with legs together and arms blending into the body.
Amanda Barusch

Amanda Barusch has worked as a janitor, exotic dancer, editor, and college professor. She lives in the American West, where she spends as much time as possible on dirt paths. She has an abiding disdain for boundaries and adores ambiguity. Amanda has published eight books of non-fiction, a few poems, and a growing number of short stories. Aging Angry is her first work of creative non-fiction. She uses magical realism to explore deep truths of the human experience in this rapidly changing world.

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