Karaca Şalgamcıoğlu, BerrakEr, Özlem10.07.20192019-07-1010.07.20192019-07-102018Karaca Şalgamcıoğlu, B. ve Er, Ö. (2018). Behind the shower curtain: Seven poems on aging and body cleaning. Cultural Studies Critical Methodologies, 18(4), 272-282. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15327086177277571532-70861552-356Xhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1532708617727757https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12511/1972WOS: 000439628100005Bathroom is one of the first places that older adults face with challenge and fear. Difficulty or dependence in body-cleaning affect older adults' daily lives dramatically. Despite the consequences associated with disability in body-cleaning, little is known about older adults' experiences on it. One reason for this lack of knowledge may be that body-cleaning is a private activity and a difficult task to explore. This article will present seven poems that are results of a research study where older women were asked to narrate of their own body-cleaning experience to a tape recorder while they were performing the task.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessAgingBody CleaningBathroomPoetic RepresentationDesignArticle18427228210.1177/1532708617727757Q3Q1