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Aging Heroes : Growing Old in Popular Culture

Batchelor, Bob [Mitwirkende/Mitwirkender] ; Allen, Jace [Mitwirkende/Mitwirkender] ; Buzzanell, Patrice M. [Mitwirkende/Mitwirkender] ; de Syon, Guillaume [Mitwirkende/Mitwirkender] ; D'Enbeau, Suzy [Mitwirkende/Mitwirkender] ; du Pré, Athena [Mitwirkende/Mitwirkender] ; Erhart, Itir [Mitwirkende/Mitwirkender] ; Eslen-Ziya, Hande [Mitwirkende/Mitwirkender] ; Gallagher, Amanda [Mitwirkende/Mitwirkender]

Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015 [©2015]

1 online resource (269 pages)

Englisch

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LOC-SH: Heroes in mass media.. ; Older people in mass media.. ; Older people in popular culture

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.

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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.