Gender and Age/Aging in Popular Culture Representations in Film, Music, Literature, and Social Media

As social spaces are culturally diverse and digitally networked, the reality of our lives is shaped by processes of globalization and digitization. This leads to the question of whether popular cultures enable or impede (inter-)cultural exchange and global communication. To explore this, the contrib...

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Main Author: Haring, Nicole
Other Authors: Maierhofer, Roberta, Ratzenböck, Barbara
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2023
Series:Aging Studies
Subjects:
Age
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Collection: Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:As social spaces are culturally diverse and digitally networked, the reality of our lives is shaped by processes of globalization and digitization. This leads to the question of whether popular cultures enable or impede (inter-)cultural exchange and global communication. To explore this, the contributors to this volume analyze representations of the intersections of gender and age/ing in cultural and media consumption, such as literature, film, music, and social media. The interconnectedness between gender and aging has been evident since the 1990s and enabled the recognition of age as a cultural category - now is the time to take this intersectional analysis further.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (188 p.)
ISBN:9783837662429
9783839462423