Aged Young Adults : Age Readings of Contemporary American Novels and Films / Anita Wohlmann.

By:

Wohlmann, Anita

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Aging studies ; v. 4.Publisher: Bielefeld, Germany : Transcript Verlag, 2014Description: 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9783839424834
3839424836
1306996872
9781306996877

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Aged Young AdultsDDC classification:

810.8/0354 23

LOC classification:

PS374.A383 W64 2014eb

Other classification:

HU 1520

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Contents:

Age and aging in theory and practice -- Conflicts of timing -- Living across the life course -- Mental health and age -- Positive age metaphors: Miranda July's "The future" and "It Chooses You."

Summary: When Toula's father in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" says to his daughter (age 30) "you look so old" or when Don DeLillo's protagonist (age 28) "feels old" in "Cosmopolis", these young characters are attributed an age awareness that has received little attention in age studies so far. Leaving aside chronological or biological dimensions of age, this study approaches age as a metaphoric practice, suggesting that "feeling old" is not to be taken literally but metaphorically. The book examines the cultural meanings of age and aging for characters who are in their twenties and thirties and challenges often-quoted labels such as late-coming-of-age story or perpetual adolescence

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Age and aging in theory and practice -- Conflicts of timing -- Living across the life course -- Mental health and age -- Positive age metaphors: Miranda July's "The future" and "It Chooses You."

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When Toula's father in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" says to his daughter (age 30) "you look so old" or when Don DeLillo's protagonist (age 28) "feels old" in "Cosmopolis", these young characters are attributed an age awareness that has received little attention in age studies so far. Leaving aside chronological or biological dimensions of age, this study approaches age as a metaphoric practice, suggesting that "feeling old" is not to be taken literally but metaphorically. The book examines the cultural meanings of age and aging for characters who are in their twenties and thirties and challenges often-quoted labels such as late-coming-of-age story or perpetual adolescence

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