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Serializing age : aging and old age in TV series / Maricel Oró-Piqueras, Anita Wohlmann (eds.).

Title
Serializing age : aging and old age in TV series / Maricel Oró-Piqueras, Anita Wohlmann (eds.).
Publication
  • Bielefeld : Transcript, [2016]
  • ©2016

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
  • Oró Piqueras, Maricel,
  • Wohlmann, Anita,
Description
276 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm.
Summary
This volume investigates how the TV series as a powerful cultural medium can shape representations of age and aging, such as in Orange Is The New Black, The Wire, or Desperate Housewives, to understand what it means to live in time.
Series Statement
Aging studies ; volume 7
Uniform Title
Aging studies ; v. 7.
Alternative Title
Aging and old age in TV series
Subject
  • Aging in mass media
  • Older people on television
  • Television and older people
  • Television programs > Social aspects
  • Television series > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Between screen and reality: negotiating the effects of old age and aging -- Sex and desire through the lens of television time -- Epilog: the social and cultural relevance of studying age in television.
ISBN
  • 9783837632767
  • 9783839432761 (canceled/invalid)