Aging and Identity: A Humanities Perspective
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AlbakiReads Editorial A humanities-based study of how culture shapes ideas of aging
A humanities-based study of how culture shapes ideas of aging
Edited by Sara Munson Deats, this collection brings gerontological and postmodern perspectives to depictions of later life across literature, film, visual art, and media. Its examples range from Shakespeare, Hemingway, Horton Foote, and Disney to portraits by Rembrandt and Alice Neel, while also placing Native American, African American, and Anglo American literary traditions in conversation. The volume examines aging not simply as a biological condition but as an identity formed within cultural narratives and images. A central concern is the power of artistic and popular texts to preserve, question, and reinforce social assumptions about older people, including associations between old age and senility.
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- Students and scholars of aging studies and gerontology
- Readers interested in literary, film, and art representations of later life
- Those exploring cultural constructions of identity and age
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Aging and identityCultural representations of old ageGerontology and the humanitiesAgeism and senility stereotypesLiterature, art, and media
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Book Overview Viewing artistic works through the lens of both contemporary gerontological theory and postmodernist concepts, the contributing scholars ...
Viewing artistic works through the lens of both contemporary gerontological theory and postmodernist concepts, the contributing scholars examine literary treatments, cinematic depictions, and artistic portraits of aging from Shakespeare to Hemingway, from Horton Foote to Disney, from Rembrandt to Alice Neale, while also comparing the attitudes toward aging in Native American, African American, and Anglo American literature. The examples demonstrate that long before gerontologists endorsed a Janus-faced model of aging, artists were celebrating the diversity of the elderly, challenging the bio-medical equation of senescence with inevitable senility. Underlying all of this discussion is the firm conviction that cultural texts construct as well as encode the conventional perceptions of their society; that literature, the arts, and the media not only mirror society's mores but can also help to create and enforce them.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 272 | Language: English | Publisher: PRAEGER FREDERICK A | ISBN: 0275964795
FormatHardcover
Pages272
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0275964795
EAN9780275964795
PublisherPRAEGER FREDERICK A
Publication Date1999-04-30
EditionFirst Edition
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight1.29 Pounds
Length9.51 Inches
Width6.44 Inches
Height1.05 Inches
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