The stages of age
performing age in contemporary American culture
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Author
Publication
1998 - University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Language
English
Word Count
56,000 words, Guess
Page Count
224 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL349752M
- ISBN-100472109391
- OCLC Control Number38573205
- OCLC Control Numberstagesofageperfo0000bast
- Library of Congress Control Number98009015
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- Goodreads3279141
Classifications
- DDC305.26
- LCCHQ1064.U5 B287 1998
Description
Although the mention of aging and old age all too often conjures notions of rigidity, decline, and invisibility, the very act of acting, of taking on a new role, can challenge and expand popular conceptions of later life. The first study of its kind, The Stages of Age looks at the aging actor and at aging as acting in a wide array of American performances that interrupt, transform, and underscore stereotypes of old age. Anne Davis Basting argues that advancing age is an essential category that should not be overlooked in discussions of identity and difference.
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