Books
From Old Woman to Older Women: Contemporary Culture and Women’s Narratives
Book From Old Woman to Older Women: Contemporary Culture and Women’s Narratives Sally Chivers provides a fascinating look at and challenge to how North American popular culture has portrayed old age as a time of disease, decline, and death. Within contemporary Canadian literary and film production, a tradition of articulate central older female characters challenges…
Read MoreThe Problem Body: Projecting Disability on Film
Book The Problem Body: Projecting Disability on Film The book is a much-needed exploration of the projection of disability on film combined with a much-needed rethinking of hierarchies of difference. The editors turned to the existing corpus of disability theory with its impressive insights about the social and cultural mediation of disabled bodies. They then…
Read MoreThe Silvering Screen: Old Age and Disability in Cinema
Book The Silvering Screen: Old Age and Disability in Cinema Popular films have always included older characters, but until about the turn of the millenium, old age usually played a supporting role onscreen. As the Baby Boomer population hits retirement, an explosion of films with aging as a central theme demands attention. The Silvering Screen brings…
Read MoreCare Home Stories: Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Residential Care
Book Care Home Stories: Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Residential Care The “nursing home” deserves a closer look as something beyond a personal, social, and political failure, especially if we want to improve it. This book shares and analyzes stories told from within care homes: by workers, by residents, and by visitors as well as family…
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