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OverviewWinner, Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2017 Americans are living longer and reinventing both work and retirement, but Hollywood movies barely hint at this reality of contemporary society. In many popular films, older characters fade into irrelevance, inactivity, or absurdity, or else they stay in the background as wise elders while younger characters provide the action. Most American films do not attempt to portray the rich variety of experiences or the sensitive aging issues that people confront in the years beyond fifty. Fade to Gray offers one of the first extended studies of the portrayal of older people in American cinema from the silent era to the present. Writing in an accessible style for both general audiences and scholars, Timothy Shary and Nancy McVittie examine social attitudes toward aging through an analysis of hundreds of individual films, including such classics as You Can't Take It With You (1938), Rosemary's Baby (1968), Grumpy Old Men (1993), and Nebraska (2013). They show how representations of the aging process and depictions of older people embracing or enduring the various experiences of longer lives have evolved over the past century, as well as how film industry practices have both reflected and influenced perceptions of aging in American society. Exposing the social and political motivations for negative cinematic portrayals of the elderly, Fade to Gray also gives visibility to films that provide opportunities for better understanding and appreciation of the aged and the aging process. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Timothy Shary , Nancy McVittiePublisher: University of Texas Press Imprint: University of Texas Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.481kg ISBN: 9781477310632ISBN 10: 1477310630 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 06 September 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Acknowledgments Preface Introduction The Study of Aging in Cinema Filmography and Terminology Chapter 1: Generational Conflict in Prewar Hollywood Film Elder Depictions in Early Cinema and the Silent Era The Neediest among Us Solid Pillars in Unstable Times Elders in the Nuclear Era Chapter 2: The Sensational Specter of Aging An Audience Lost The Formation of ""Adult Films"" Competing for the Adult Market Gender and Generation in Melodrama Chapter 3: The Horrific and the Hilarious The Horror of Aging Youth Films Exploit Elders Elder Kitsch at Its Limits Chapter 4: The Emergence of the Elder Odyssey The Road to a Subgenre of Penultimate Quests The Elder Odyssey in Expansion Investigating and Evading The Road from Here Chapter 5: The Repression and Release of Old Romance The May-December Romance as a Genre Device Calmly Increasing Honesty Elder Romance Matures The Life Left in Love Chapter 6: Deceptions and Delusions of Elder Death Early Elder Death Death Gets Darker Elder Legacies Conclusion Appendix A: Filmography of Significant Elder Roles in American Cinema Appendix B: Subject Lists of Elder Films Notes Bibliography Index"Reviews<cite>Fade to Gray proves a worthwhile and often insightful study that makes a compelling case for the vital importance of cinematic representation. PopMatters """Fade to Gray proves a worthwhile and often insightful study that makes a compelling case for the vital importance of cinematic representation."" * PopMatters *" Author InformationTIMOTHY SHARY is the author or editor of several books on the representational politics of age and gender, including Generation Multiplex: The Image of Youth in American Cinema Since 1980 and Youth Culture in Global Cinema. NANCY MCVITTIE is an instructor in the Department of Communication, Media, and Theatre at Northeastern Illinois University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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