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Aging Heroes - Growing Old in Popular Culture (Hardcover)
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Aging Heroes - Growing Old in Popular Culture (Hardcover)
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Despite the increasing number and variety of older characters
appearing in film, television, comics, and other popular culture,
much of the understanding of these figures has been limited to
outdated stereotypes of aging. These include depictions of frailty,
resistance to modern life, and mortality. More importantly, these
stereotypes influence the daily lives of aging adults, as well as
how younger generations perceive and interact with older
individuals. In light of our graying population and the growing
diversity of portrayals of older characters in popular culture, it
is important to examine how we understand aging. In Aging Heroes:
Growing Old in Popular Culture, Norma Jones and Bob Batchelor
present a collection of essays that address the increasing presence
of characters that simultaneously manifest and challenge the
accepted stereotypes of aging. The contributors to this volume
explore representations in television programs, comic books,
theater, and other forms of media. The chapters include
examinations of aging male and female actors who take on leading
roles in such movies as Gran Torino, Grudge Match, Escape Plan,
Space Cowboys, Taken, and The Big Lebowski as well as The
Expendables, Red, and X-Men franchises. Other chapters address
perceptions of masculinity, sexuality, gender, and race as
manifested by such cultural icons as Superman, Wonder Woman, Danny
Trejo, Helen Mirren, Betty White, Liberace, and Tyler Perry's
Madea. With multi-disciplinary and accessible essays that encompass
the expanding spectrum of aging and related stereotypes, this book
offers a broader range of new ways to understand, perceive, and
think about aging. Aging Heroes will be of interest to scholars of
film, television, gender studies, women's studies, sociology, aging
studies, and media studies, as well as to general readers.
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