Serializing age : aging and old age in TV series / Maricel Oro-Piqueras, Anita Wohlmann (eds.).

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TextSeries: Aging studies ; v. 7.Publication details: Bielefeld : Transcript, [2016]Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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3839432766
9783839432761
3837632768
9783837632767

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Serializing age.DDC classification:

791.45/65246 23

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PN1992.8.A37 S47 2016

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Contents:

Serial narrative, temporality and aging: an introduction -- Between sreen and reality: negotiating the effects of old age and aging -- Temporality and aging: experiments with magic, narrative and genre -- Sex and desire through the lens of television time -- Epilog: the social and cultural relevance of studying age in television.

Summary: Serialized storytelling provides intriguing opportunities for critical representations of age and aging. In contrast to the finite character of films, television narratives can unfold across hundreds of episodes and multiple seasons. Contemporary viewing practices and new media technologies have resulted in complex television narratives, in which experimental temporalities and revisions of narrative linearity and chronological time have become key features. As the first of its kind, this volume investigates how TV series as a powerful cultural medium shape representations of age and aging, such as in "Orange Is The New Black", "The Wire" or "Desperate Housewives", to understand what it means to live in time.

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Serialized storytelling provides intriguing opportunities for critical representations of age and aging. In contrast to the finite character of films, television narratives can unfold across hundreds of episodes and multiple seasons. Contemporary viewing practices and new media technologies have resulted in complex television narratives, in which experimental temporalities and revisions of narrative linearity and chronological time have become key features. As the first of its kind, this volume investigates how TV series as a powerful cultural medium shape representations of age and aging, such as in "Orange Is The New Black", "The Wire" or "Desperate Housewives", to understand what it means to live in time.

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