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Fade to gray : aging in American cinema /
"Americans are living longer and reinventing both work and retirement, but Hollywood movies barely hint at this reality of contemporary society. In many popular films, older characters fade into irrelevance, inactivity, or absurdity, or else they stay in the background as wise elders while youn...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2016.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; The Study of Aging in Cinema; Filmograph y and Terminolo gy; 1. Generational Conflict in Prewar Hollywood Film; Elder Depictions in Early Cinema and the Silent Era; The Neediest among Us; Solid Pilla rs in Unstable Times; Elders in the Nuclear Era; 2. The Sensational Specter of Aging; An Audience Lost; The Formation of "Adult Films"; Co mpeting for the Adult Market; Gender and Generation in Melod rama; 3. The Horrific and the Hilarious; The Horror of Aging; Elder Explo itation in Yo uth Films; Elder Kitsch at Its Limits
- 4. The Emergence of the Elder OdysseyThe Road to a Subgenre of Penultimate Quests; The Elder Odyssey in Expa nsion; Investigating and Evading; The Road from Here; 5. The Repression and Releaseof Old Romance; The May-December Ro mance as a Genre Device; Calmly Increasing Honesty; Elder Ro mance Matures; The Life Left in Love; 6. Deceptions and Delusions of Elder Death; Early Elder Death; Death Gets Darker; Elder Legacies; Conclusion; Appendix A. Filmography of Significant Elder Roles in American Cinema; Appendix B. Subject Lists of Elder Films; Notes; Bibliography; Index