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Title details for Elder Horror by Cynthia J. Miller - Available

Elder Horror

by Cynthia J. Miller
A. Bowdoin Van Riper
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As baby boomers gray, cinematic depictions of aging and the aged are on the rise. In the horror genre, fears of growing old take on fantastic proportions. Elderly characters are portrayed as either eccentric harbingers of doom—the crone who stops at nothing to restore her youth, the ancient ancestor who haunts the living—or as frail victims. This collection of new essays explores how various filmic portrayals of aging, as an inescapable horror destined to overtake us all, reflect our complex attitudes toward growing old, along with its social, psychological and economic consequences.
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Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

Kindle Book

  • Release date: January 25, 2019

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  • ISBN: 9781476635071
  • Release date: January 25, 2019

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781476635071
  • File size: 8857 KB
  • Release date: January 25, 2019

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Kindle Book
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subjects

Performing Arts Nonfiction

Languages

English

As baby boomers gray, cinematic depictions of aging and the aged are on the rise. In the horror genre, fears of growing old take on fantastic proportions. Elderly characters are portrayed as either eccentric harbingers of doom—the crone who stops at nothing to restore her youth, the ancient ancestor who haunts the living—or as frail victims. This collection of new essays explores how various filmic portrayals of aging, as an inescapable horror destined to overtake us all, reflect our complex attitudes toward growing old, along with its social, psychological and economic consequences.
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Performing Arts Nonfiction