1Cultural Aging and Generational Dislocation:A Gerontological Interpretation of "Seventeen Syllables" by Hisaye Yamamoto
Özet
This
paper examines the intersection of biological aging and cultural displacement
within immigrant communities through Hisaye Yamamoto's "Seventeen
Syllables" (1949). Employing theoretical frameworks from cultural
gerontology, diaspora studies, and necropolitics, this analysis explores how
Yamamoto constructs aging as both biological inevitability and active cultural
negotiation. The study introduces the concept of "double silence"—the
dual marginalization faced by immigrant elders through linguistic exclusion and
generational estrangement—and proposes "fractured gerotranscendence"
as a framework for understanding immigrant aging experiences. Through close
textual analysis integrated with sociohistorical data, this research reveals
how Mrs. Hayashi's haiku composition functions as both neurobiological
self-defense and cultural resistance against systemic oppression.
Atıf için künye
Erkan, M. (2025). 1Cultural Aging and Generational Dislocation:A Gerontological Interpretation of "Seventeen Syllables" by Hisaye Yamamoto. IX. Uluslararası Batı Kültürü ve Edebiyatları Araştırmaları Sempozyumu, Konya.
BibTeX
@inproceedings{erkan2025-38731,
author = {Erkan, Mukadder},
title = {1Cultural Aging and Generational Dislocation:A Gerontological Interpretation of "Seventeen Syllables" by Hisaye Yamamoto},
booktitle = {IX. Uluslararası Batı Kültürü ve Edebiyatları Araştırmaları Sempozyumu},
address = {Konya},
year = {2025},
url = {https://akademik.atauni.edu.tr/yayinlar/38731-1cultural-aging-and-generational-dislocationa-gerontological-interpretation-of}
}