Aging Experiments: Futures and Fantasies of Old Age (Culture & Theory)

ISBN 10: 3837662837 / ISBN 13: 9783837662832

Verlag: transcript publishing, 2023

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 18396316208

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Aging Experiments: Futures and Fantasies of Old Age (Culture & Theory)
• Verlag: transcript publishing
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3837662837
• ISBN-13: 9783837662832
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: New

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Joao Paulo Guimaraes, University of Porto, Portugal.