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 onscreen. 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...

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Beteilige Person: Chivers, Sally (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Toronto University of Toronto Press [2019]
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Links:https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442686045
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442686045
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442686045
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442686045
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442686045
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442686045
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442686045
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442686045
Zusammenfassung:Popular films have always included elderly characters, but until recently, old age only played a supporting role onscreen. 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.The first-ever sustained discussion of old age in cinema, The Silvering Screen 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. Sally Chivers 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 Silvering Screen makes a timely attempt to counter the fear of aging implicit in these readings by proposing alternate ways to value getting older
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jan 2019)
Umfang:1 online resource 17 halftones
ISBN:9781442686045
DOI:10.3138/9781442686045