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Ageing Femininity on Screen

The Older Woman in Contemporary Cinema

Niall Richardson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2019
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-14396-8 (ISBN)

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What can queer theory, media studies and feminism bring to our understanding of cinema's Lavender Ladies? Addressing the groundswell of scholarly interest in age and its representation, Ageing Femininity on Film explores character tropes for old women in recent film. Alongside a proliferation of negative stereotypes, like the grotesque hag or the dotty old fool, this book illuminates gentility as a key alternative. Across classics of British and American cinema since the 1980s, including Driving Miss Daisy and The Queen, ageing females are empowered by genteel manners. They are amateur sleuths, retired political figures, and everyday women who refuse to be ignored. Studying examples beyond the “politics of pity,” this important book unpacks the multi-faceted relationship between gentility and feminine strength.

Niall Richardson is Senior Lecturer and convenor of the MA in Gender and Media at the University of Sussex. He is an expert on body image in film, queer politics and the representation of gender and ageing in popular culture. His numerous publications include the co-edited collection Film and Gender (2013) and The Queer Cinema of Derek Jarman: Critical and Cultural Readings (I.B.Tauris, 2008).

List of Illustrations
Series Editors' Foreword
Introduction: Identifying 'Old' Ages - Biological, Cultural and Social
1. Lady Power and Gentility: The Older Woman in Contemporary Heritage Cinema
2. Action! Performance and Performativity
3. 'Get Off Your Asses for these Old Broads!': Age Camp and Age Drag
4. What Ever Happened to Sister George? Representing Ageing Lesbians
5. 'My Whole Life I have been Dressing up as a Man. This is Me.': Representing Ageing Trans-Femininity
6. Long Live Our Gracious 'Queens': Representing Ageing Effeminacy
7. Conclusion: Grey Affirmation or Greywashing?
Filmography
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	18.09.2019
Reihe/Serie	Library of Gender and Popular Culture
Zusatzinfo	44 bw integrated
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	420 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-350-14396-0 / 1350143960
ISBN-13	978-1-350-14396-8 / 9781350143968
Zustand	Neuware