The Becoming of Age : Cinematic Visions of Mind, Body and Identity in Later Life
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
078647260X
ISBN-13
9780786472604
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint
McFarland & Co Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 8th, 2013
Print length
216 Pages
Weight
295 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
Film theory & criticism
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This is a critical examination of the ways that aging and old age are represented and given meaning in popular film. Arguing that the narratives, discourses, and philosophical positions that underlie filmic depictions of growing older are historical and open to revision, the author evaluates how a given film both portrays aging or older characters and tells the larger story of aging itself.
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.
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