Elder horror : essays on film's frightening images of aging /
This collection of new essays explores how various filmic portrayals of aging, as an inescapable horror destined to overtake us all, as a terrifying time of reckoning with the past, as a portal to unimaginable powers, reflect our complex attitudes towards the elderly.
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2019]
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| Summary: | This collection of new essays explores how various filmic portrayals of aging, as an inescapable horror destined to overtake us all, as a terrifying time of reckoning with the past, as a portal to unimaginable powers, reflect our complex attitudes towards the elderly. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781476675374 1476675376 |