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Bob Batchelor Norma Jones / Aging Heroes Growing Old in Popular Culture 2015

Description: Aging Heroes: Growing Old in Popular Culture Author: Norma Jones, Bob Batchelor Title: Aging Heroes: Growing Old in Popular Culture Publication: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015 Description: Hardcover. New hardcover in matte casewraps. Pages are clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes photos. 268 pp.Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. New. 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in film, television, comics, and other popular culture, much of the understanding of these figures has been limited to outdated stereotypes of aging.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 TheExpendables, 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. Seller ID: 200232 Subject: Film and Television , Media, Social Science The Anthropologists Closet offers a wide variety of non-fiction academic books that are hard to find. We have been in business since 2014. Terms All orders ship within two business days. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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Book Title: Aging Heroes: Growing Old in Popular Culture

Author: Norma Jones, Bob Batchelor

Language: English

ISBN: 9781442250062

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Publication Year: 2015

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