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Visions of Aging - Images of the Elderly in Film (Paperback)
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Visions of Aging - Images of the Elderly in Film (Paperback)
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The interface of old age and cinema provides a fascinating yet
uncharted territory in the humanities and social sciences. Two
central perspectives are explored: movies on old age by old
filmmakers; and movies on old age by younger artists. The first
perspective focuses on the cinematic representation of ageing from
within, whereas the second examines the ways ageing is viewed from
the outside. The distinction is based on the schism between the
phenomenology of ageing and its social representation: The one
hinges on intrinsic qualities of 'old age style' or 'late style';
the second addresses attitudes towards old age in general as well
as towards ageing artists and the reception (or rejection) of their
late films. The author combines these general perspectives as it
shifts between text and context, beginning with ageing from the
outside in order to introduce the semantics and pragmatics of the
context (reception and filmmaking stylistic change, midlife images
of old age), and continuing into the world of ageing as
cinematically represented from within, by old filmmakers, an often
idiosyncratic, metaphysical and sometimes unapproachable world. By
providing a roadmap that charts previous scholarly paths of
inquiry, this book offers a panoramic view of the direction of this
new field of cinematic gerontology, and is essential reading for
students and scholars of cinema, humanistic gerontology, psychology
of art, and the sociology of old age and popular culture.
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