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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786692103321

Titolo

Aging, media, and culture / / edited by C. Lee Harrington, Denise D. Bielby, and Anthony R. Bardo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-306-89323-2

0-7391-8364-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Disciplina

302.23084/6

Soggetti

Older people

Mass media and older people

Mass media and culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 New Areas of Inquiry in Aging, Media, and Culture; I: Advertising and Marketing; 2 Aspiration and Compromise; 3 Forever Young; II: Age Identities; 4 Reflections of Old Age, Constructions of Aging Selves; 5 Age and Gender in Film and Television; III: Celebrity; 6 Growing Old in Celebrity Culture; 7 Social Meaning of Celebrities in the Everyday Lives of Nursing Home Residents; IV: Music; 8 Music, Performance, and Generation; 9 "The Long Strange Trip" Continues; V: Fandom; 10 A Life Course Perspective on Fandom; 11 Breaking Dusk; VI: Gender and Sexuality

12 "Let's Do It Like Grown-Ups"13 Sexualization the Third Age; VII: Social/New Media; 14 Learning New Tricks; 15 Polite Pigs and Emotional Elves; 16 Afterword; 17 Afterword; References; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of original articles sits at the intersection of two interdisciplinary fields: media studies and ageing studies. Drawing on both scholarly literature, we explore the reciprocal influences of ageing and mediation in the realms of music, television, celebrity, fandom, social media, film, and advertising/marketing, among others.