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The Silvering Screen: Old Age and Disability in Cinema - Couverture souple

Chivers, Sally

 
9781442611047: The Silvering Screen: Old Age and Disability in Cinema
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1442611049 ISBN 13 : 9781442611047
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2011

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sally Chivers is Chair of the Department of Canadian Studies at Trent University.

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Éditeur
University of Toronto Press
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1442611049
ISBN 13 
9781442611047
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
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Personne responsable
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