ISBN:
9781442250079
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (269 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Heroes in mass media..
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Older people in mass media..
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Older people in popular culture
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Electronic books
Abstract:
With multi-disciplinary and accessible essays that span the expanding spectrum of aging and related stereotypes as our population gets older, this book offers a broad range of readers new ways to understand, perceive, and think about aging.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: On the Silver Screen:Aging Heroes in Film Genres -- 1 Twilight Heroes -- 2 Golden Agers, Recluses,and John Wayne -- 3 AAADRRIAAN! I'll Be Baaaaaack! -- 4 Under the Wide and Starry Sky -- II: Diversity Concerns:Sexuality, Race, and Gender -- 5 Queering Aging? -- 6 Overcoming the Villainous Monster -- 7 The Power of Performance -- 8 "Not Bad for an Abuela, Eh?" -- 9 Babes and Crones -- III: Being a Man?Masculinity and Aging Heroes -- 10 Aging Masculinity in Popular Culture -- 11 Aging Superheroes -- 12 Mr. Incredible, Man of Action,Man of Power -- 13 "He Has to Be Good. The Airline Won't Settle for Less." -- IV: Real to Reel:Individuals Aging on and off the Screen -- 14 Helen Mirren and the Media Portrayals of Aging -- 15 Hellraiser, Dandy, Eccentric -- 16 The Betty White Moment -- 17 The Recharacterization of Age and the Aging Bricoleur -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.
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