Overview

The interface of old age and cinema provides a fascinating yet uncharted territory in the humanities and social sciences. Two central perspectives are explored: movies on old age by old filmmakers; and movies on old age by younger artists. The first perspective focuses on the cinematic representation of ageing from within, whereas the second examines the ways ageing is viewed from the outside. The distinction is based on the schism between the phenomenology of ageing and its social representation: The one hinges on intrinsic qualities of 'old age style' or 'late style'; the second addresses attitudes towards old age in general as well as towards ageing artists and the reception (or rejection) of their late films. The author combines these general perspectives as it shifts between text and context, beginning with ageing from the outside in order to introduce the semantics and pragmatics of the context (reception and filmmaking stylistic change, midlife images of old age), and continuing into the world of ageing as cinematically represented from within, by old filmmakers, an often idiosyncratic, metaphysical and sometimes unapproachable world. By providing a roadmap that charts previous scholarly paths of inquiry, this book offers a panoramic view of the direction of this new field of cinematic gerontology, and is essential reading for students and scholars of cinema, humanistic gerontology, psychology of art, and the sociology of old age and popular culture.

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Author:   Amir Cohen-Shalev
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Liverpool University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 22.90cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 15.20cm
Weight:   0.242kg
ISBN:  

9781845195236

ISBN 10:   184519523
Pages:   140
Publication Date:   02 November 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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In a carefully selected series of powerful depictions, Cohen-Shalev enlists cinematic milestones in the annals of the film industry to get to grips with the discontents and anxieties aroused by the inevitable, yet invisible, presence of the reality of penultimate death. This insight study of the cinematic imagery of old age is a much needed contribution to any critical reading of contemporary culture: It reframes the mid-life triangular intercourse between film makers, critics and audiences to reveal a hitherto unseen magnificent palette of the unharmonious yet exciting view in winter. --Professor Haim Hazan, Tel Aviv University, author, The Limbo People: A Study of the Constitution of the Time Universe Among the Aged

In a carefully selected series of powerful depictions, Cohen-Shalev enlists cinematic milestones in the annals of the film industry to get to grips with the discontents and anxieties aroused by the inevitable, yet invisible, presence of the reality of penultimate death. This insight study of the cinematic imagery of old age is a much needed contribution to any critical reading of contemporary culture: It reframes the mid-life triangular intercourse between film makers, critics and audiences to reveal a hitherto unseen magnificent palette of the unharmonious yet exciting view in winter. --Professor Haim Hazan, Tel Aviv University, author, The Limbo People: A Study of the Constitution of the Time Universe Among the Aged

In a carefully selected series of powerful depictions, Cohen-Shalev enlists cinematic milestones in the annals of the film industry to get to grips with the discontents and anxieties aroused by the inevitable, yet invisible, presence of the reality of penultimate death. This insight study of the cinematic imagery of old age is a much needed contribution to any critical reading of contemporary culture: It reframes the mid-life triangular intercourse between film makers, critics and audiences to reveal a hitherto unseen magnificent palette of the unharmonious yet exciting view in winter. Professor Haim Hazan, Tel Aviv University, author, The Limbo People: A Study of the Constitution of the Time Universe Among the Aged

Cohen-Shalev's Visions of Aging will excite all those interested in age studies, the social and psychological sciences, and film studies. While accessible to the general reader, the book delves into late style theory most persuasively and will make anyone wish to revisit movies by major film-makers, whose experience of aging transformed and inspired a new creativity. --Professor Anne M. Wyatt-Brown, University of Florida, coeditor, Journal of Aging, Humanities, and the Arts Cohen-Shalev s Visions of Aging will excite all those interested in age studies, the social and psychological sciences, and film studies. While accessible to the general reader, the book delves into late style theory most persuasively and will make anyone wish to revisit movies by major film-makers, whose experience of aging transformed and inspired a new creativity. Professor Anne M. Wyatt-Brown, University of Florida, coeditor, Journal of Aging, Humanities, and the Arts I want to see those movies again! And I want to think again about the ways in which Visions of Aging on the big and the little screen are variously enriching, distorting, and illuminating the latter days of our lives. Thank you, Amir Cohen-Shalev! You have contributed a fresh and invigorating perspective. Robert Kastenbaum, editor, Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying, author, On Our Way: The Final Passage Through Life and Death In a carefully selected series of powerful depictions, Cohen-Shalev enlists cinematic milestones in the annals of the film industry to get to grips with the discontents and anxieties aroused by the inevitable, yet invisible, presence of the reality of penultimate death. This insight study of the cinematic imagery of old age is a much needed contribution to any critical reading of contemporary culture: It reframes the mid-life triangular intercourse between film makers, critics and audiences to reveal a hitherto unseen magnificent palette of the unharmonious yet exciting view in winter. Professor Haim Hazan, Tel Aviv University, author, The Limbo People: A Study of the Constitution of the Time Universe Among the Aged In a carefully selected series of powerful depictions, Cohen-Shalev enlists cinematic milestones in the annals of the film industry to get to grips with the discontents and anxieties aroused by the inevitable, yet invisible, presence of the reality of penultimate death. This insight study of the cinematic imagery of old age is a much needed contribution to any critical reading of contemporary culture: It reframes the mid-life triangular intercourse between film makers, critics and audiences to reveal a hitherto unseen magnificent palette of the unharmonious yet exciting view in winter. --Professor Haim Hazan, Tel Aviv University, author, The Limbo People: A Study of the Constitution of the Time Universe Among the Aged I want to see those movies again! And I want to think again about the ways in which Visions of Aging on the big and the little screen are variously enriching, distorting, and illuminating the latter days of our lives. Thank you, Amir Cohen-Shalev! You have contributed a fresh and invigorating perspective. --Robert Kastenbaum, editor, Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying, author, On Our Way: The Final Passage Through Life and Death Cohen-Shalev's Visions of Aging will excite all those interested in age studies, the social and psychological sciences, and film studies. While accessible to the general reader, the book delves into late style theory most persuasively and will make anyone wish to revisit movies by major film-makers, whose experience of aging transformed and inspired a new creativity. --Professor Anne M. Wyatt-Brown, University of Florida, coeditor, Journal of Aging, Humanities, and the Arts

In a carefully selected series of powerful depictions, Cohen-Shalev enlists cinematic milestones in the annals of the film industry to get to grips with the discontents and anxieties aroused by the inevitable, yet invisible, presence of the reality of penultimate death. This insight study of the cinematic imagery of old age is a much needed contribution to any critical reading of contemporary culture: It reframes the mid-life triangular intercourse between film makers, critics and audiences to reveal a hitherto unseen magnificent palette of the unharmonious yet exciting view in winter. --Professor Haim Hazan, Tel Aviv University, author, The Limbo People: A Study of the Constitution of the Time Universe Among the Aged I want to see those movies again! And I want to think again about the ways in which Visions of Aging on the big and the little screen are variously enriching, distorting, and illuminating the latter days of our lives. Thank you, Amir Cohen-Shalev! You have contributed a fresh and invigorating perspective. --Robert Kastenbaum, editor, Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying, author, On Our Way: The Final Passage Through Life and Death Cohen-Shalev's Visions of Aging will excite all those interested in age studies, the social and psychological sciences, and film studies. While accessible to the general reader, the book delves into late style theory most persuasively and will make anyone wish to revisit movies by major film-makers, whose experience of aging transformed and inspired a new creativity. --Professor Anne M. Wyatt-Brown, University of Florida, coeditor, Journal of Aging, Humanities, and the Arts

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Amir Cohen-Shalev is a PhD graduate of the University of Toronto (1985). He has since taught courses in life span creativity and human development, art in old age and motion picture as educational text, at the universities of Haifa and Tel Aviv, and Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee.

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