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Titel:	Aging Experiments
Titelzusatz:	Futures and Fantasies of Old Age
Mitwirkende:	Guimarães, João Paulo [HerausgeberIn]
Verf.angabe:	João Paulo Guimarães
Verlagsort:	Bielefeld
Verlag:	transcript
Jahr:	2023
Umfang:	1 Online-Ressource (226 p.)
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Culture & Theory ; 278
Schrift/Sprache:	In English
Ang. zum Inhalt:	Frontmatter
	Contents
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction: Unnatural Aging
	Fantasies of Agelessness and Age Hierarchies in Mary Poppins Returns
	Doris Lessing's Eccentric Old Women
	The Old Child in Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising Series
	Life after Youth
	“how to dance / sitting down”
	Dancing Relational Bodyhood
	A Recognition of Certain Realities
	A Measure of Dignity?
	Crones, Care Homes, and Crises
	Eternity is Nothing but a Second
	Queering Time, Questioning Ageism Through Speculative Siction
	Authors
ISBN:	978-3-8394-6283-6
Abstract:	The sustained expansion of the life span and the attendant demographic changes in the West have fuelled the production of cultural texts that explore alternative representations of aging and old age. The contributors to this volume show how artists in science-fiction, fantasy and the avant-garde develop visions of late life transformation, improvisation and adaptation to new circumstances. The studies particularly focus on perspectives on aging that challenge the predominant narratives of decline as well as fantasies of eternal youth, as defined by neoliberal notions of health, able-bodiedness, agency, self-improvement, progress, plasticity and productivity
DOI:	doi:10.1515/9783839462836
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Schlagwörter:	(s)Altern <Motiv>    / (s)Literatur    / (s)Film
Datenträger:	Online-Ressource
Sprache:	eng
Sach-SW:	SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology
K10plus-PPN:	1873399693
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