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Aging Experiments: Futures and Fantasies of Old Age

Aging Experiments: Futures and Fantasies of Old Age

Paperback

Aging & Elder CareLiterary CriticismFilm Studies

ISBN10: 3837662837
ISBN13: 9783837662832
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Published: Sep 26 2023
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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.

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