The silvering screen :: old age and disability in cinema /

Popular films have always included elderly characters, but until recently, old age only played a supporting role on screen. Now, as the Baby Boomer population hits retirement, there has been an explosion of films, including Away From Her, The Straight Story, The Barbarian Invasions, and About Schmid...

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1. Verfasser: Chivers, Sally, 1972-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2011]
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Zusammenfassung:Popular films have always included elderly characters, but until recently, old age only played a supporting role on screen. Now, as the Baby Boomer population hits retirement, there has been an explosion of films, including Away From Her, The Straight Story, The Barbarian Invasions, and About Schmidt, where aging is a central theme. This book is a sustained discussion of old age in cinema. It brings together theories from disability studies, critical gerontology, and cultural studies, to examine how the film industry has linked old age with physical and mental disability. The author further examines Hollywood's mixed messages, the applauding of actors who portray the debilitating side of aging, while promoting a culture of youth, as well as the gendering of old age on film. The book makes an attempt to counter the fear of aging implicit in these readings by proposing alternate ways to value getting older.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxii, 213 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-197), filmography (pages 149-173) , and index.
ISBN:9781442661981
1442661984
9781442686045
1442686049
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9781442611047