3/9/2023 0 Comments Time warp filterThe dichotomy between women’s and men’s cooking has been well established in feminist scholarship. Surprisingly, a passion for cooking (especially among older men) is not always seen as a postretirement activity that can disrupt our understanding of traditional models of aging well. These studies include fertile examinations of postretirement leisure practices such as gardening, tourism, sport, volunteerism, opening up possibilities of affect, creativity, pleasure, and work. This is significant because cultural gerontologists have shown how the culture of consumption has deconstructed the life course enabling older identities to be based on lifestyle preferences ( Twigg & Martin, 2015). I review this film through the feminist understanding of plural enactments of masculinities in the sociological corpus of food practices and experiences. It reflects the postretirement phase for middle-class older Indian men as a time warp caught in senile domesticity. ![]() Sharmaji Namkeen sets its tone just right. This remarkable scene is juxtaposed with a jeering melody that asks older people to rest ( aaram karo), a slow life marked by purposeless leisure, repose, and reflection. ![]() Sharma off with a bouquet of flowers and advice to “have fun” in this new phase of postretirement life. A well-rehearsed farewell speech is cut short by the company secretary, who instead hurriedly sends Mr. ![]() Sharma, a 58-year-old widow who has been unexpectedly asked to take voluntary retirement from a middle-class home appliances company that he served for his entire professional life. Sharmaji Namkeen opens with the farewell ceremony of Mr.
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