P. Hyde
Colonizing the aged body and the organization of later life
Hyde, P.; Burns, D.; Hassard, J.; Killett, A.
Authors
D. Burns
J. Hassard
A. Killett
Abstract
Based on fieldwork in residential homes, arrangements for the care of older people are examined with reference, primarily, to Deetz’s theory of ‘corporate colonization’. Extending this theory, it is argued that grouping such people in care homes can result in a form of social segregation, one that reflects the management of the aged body in relation to normative constructions of dependence. Focusing on the experiences of residents, the everyday effects of narratives of decline on disciplining the lives of older people are assessed, with this analysis taking recourse to the work of Foucault (1979). The result is the identification of three related concepts at work in the colonizing process of the aged body: (i) appropriation of the body – the physical and social practices involved in placing older people in care homes; (ii) separation from previous identities – how a range of new subjectivities are produced in the process of becoming a ‘resident’; and (iii) contesting colonized identities – the ways in which residents can attempt to challenge normative concepts of managed physical and mental decline. Overall the disciplining of the body is theorized not only as an adjunct to the notion of corporate colonization but also, more generally, as a prominent and powerful organizing principle of later life.
Citation
Hyde, P., Burns, D., Hassard, J., & Killett, A. (2014). Colonizing the aged body and the organization of later life. Organization Studies, 35(11), 1699-1717. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840614550735
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Nov 1, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Jul 2, 2014 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 15, 2014 |
Journal | Organization Studies |
Print ISSN | 0170-8406 |
Electronic ISSN | 1741-3044 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 35 |
Issue | 11 |
Pages | 1699-1717 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840614550735 |
Keywords | Age and ageing, Corporate colonization, Disciplinary power, Organization theory, Residential care. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1457386 |
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Hyde, P. and Burns, D. and Hassard, J. and Killett, A. (2014) 'Colonizing the aged body and the organization of later life.', Organization studies., 35 (11). pp. 1699-1717. © The Author(s) 2014. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
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