The Becoming of Age : Cinematic Visions of Mind, Body and Identity in Later Life

Gravagne, Pamela H.

McFarland & Co Inc（2013/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 216 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786472604
• DDC分類 791.43654

Full Description

The Becoming of Age is an examination of the ways that aging and old age are represented in popular film. Arguing that the ideas behind cinematic depictions of aging are historical and open to revision, the author looks at how movies both promote negative portrayals of aging and challenge its persistent cultural devaluation. Movies are a site of struggle where the representation and the reality of aging intertwine, and they have the power not only to reflect but to reconstruct our understanding.

Contents

Table of Contents

Preface  1

Introduction  3

1. Understanding and Theorizing Aging and Old Age  11

2. Masculinities and the Narrative of Decline  37

3. The Silence and Invisibility of Older Women  65

4. Intimacy and Desire in Later Life  94

5. The Cultural Work of Alzheimer's  131

6. Age as Becoming  158

Chapter Notes  187

Bibliography  193

Index  201