The paradox of ageing beautifully: the lived experiences of ageing and body work among older Korean and Chinese migrants living in Australia

This thesis adopts an embodied perspective to approach the individual ageing body as a biosocial entity. Human experiences are grounded in and through individual bodies. Thus, embodiment provides an important theoretical lens through which to understand the lived experiences of ageing. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 15 older Korean migrants and 15 Chinese migrants living in Perth, Western Australia. I argue that the participants’ ageing, gendered, and ethnic bodies and appearances embody the interplay between various social, cultural, and economic forces in both their country of origin and the host country.