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050 00 $aPN1995.9.A433$bC45 2011
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100 1 $aChivers, Sally,$d1972-
245 14 $aThe silvering screen :$bold age and disability in cinema /$cSally Chivers.
260 $aToronto ;$aBuffalo :$bUniversity of Toronto Press,$cc2011.
300 $axxii, 213 p. :$bill., ports. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [187]-197), filmography (p. [149]-173), and index.
505 0 $aThe silvering screen -- Same difference : gerontology and disability studies join hands -- Baby Jane grew up : the horror of aging in mid-twentieth-century Hollywood -- Grey matters : dementia, cognitive difference, and the "guilty demographic" on screen -- "Sounds like a regular marriage" : monogamy and the fidelity of care -- Yes, we still can : Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, aging masculinity, and the American dream -- As old as Jack gets : Nicholson, masculinity, and the Hollywood system -- Final films, the silvering screen comes of age.
520 $a"Popular films have always included elderly characters, but until recently, old age only played a supporting role onscreen. Now, as the Baby Boomer population hits retirement, there has been an explosion of films, including Away From Her, The Straight Story, The Barbarian Invasions, and About Schmidt, where aging is a central theme.
520 $aThe first-ever sustained discussion of old age in cinema, The Silvering Screen brings together theories from disability studies, critical gerontology, and cultural studies, to examine how the film industry has linked old age with physical and mental disability. Sally Chivers further examines Hollywood's mixed messages - the applauding of actors who portray the debilitating side of aging, while promoting a culture of youth - as well as the gendering of old age on film. The Silvering Screen makes a timely attempt to counter the fear of aging implicit in these readings by proposing alternate ways to value getting older."--pub. desc.
650 0 $aAging in motion pictures.
650 0 $aPeople with disabilities in motion pictures.
650 0 $aMotion pictures.
650 12 $aAged$xpsychology.
650 22 $aDisabled Persons$xpsychology.
650 22 $aMotion Pictures as Topic.
650 6 $aVieillissement au cinéma.
650 6 $aHandicapés au cinéma.
650 6 $aCinéma.