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Through the alternative worlds that are offered by literary narratives, these stories allow the reader to glimpse into the increasingly varied possibilities of care that a residential settlement can offer. At the same time, they highlight the attributes attached to human beings once their bodies are not regarded as fully functional or able by their carers and society at large. Jackie Kay\u2019s short story \u201cThese are not my clothes\u201d (2011) presents a highly symbolic care-home narrative in which constant practices of depersonalized care and infantilization lead to the inevitable dehumanization of the residents and their eventual deterioration. Through the viewpoint of its female protagonist, Margaret, Kay creates a personal, poignant and, at times, also humorous narrative of care that undermines prevailing images of the so-called fourth age as a period of extreme cognitive deterioration. Drawing from theories of care and the interdisciplinary field of aging studies, especially in connection with theories of embodiment and old age and social approaches to aging, this article offers a close reading of Kay\u2019s short story as both an assertive narrative on the fourth age, and as an insubordinate story of care, which can serve as a model to both gerontologists and care practitioners.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/geront\/gnae022","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,27]],"date-time":"2024-02-27T14:18:47Z","timestamp":1709043527000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["\u201cYes, that\u2019s me singing to myself\u201d: Jackie Kay\u2019s \u201cThese are not my clothes\u201d as a Self-Affirming Narrative of Care in Old Age"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"64","author":[{"given":"Maricel","family":"Or\u00f3-Piqueras","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Universitat de Lleida , Lleida , Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"N\u00faria","family":"Casado-Gual","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Universitat de Lleida , Lleida , Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ver\u00f3nica","family":"Vizca\u00edno","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Universitat de Lleida , Lleida , Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,28]]},"reference":[{"volume-title":"Care home stories. 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