{"product_id":"fade-to-gray-aging-in-american-cinema-paperback-softback-9781477310632","title":"Fade to Gray; Aging in American Cinema (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477310632","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFade to Gray\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAging in American Cinema\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTimothy Shary (Author), Nancy McVittie (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477310632\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 September 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.481 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFade to Gray\u003c\/i\u003e proves a worthwhile and often insightful study that makes a compelling case for the vital importance of cinematic representation.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (PopMatters)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmericans 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFade to Gray\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eYou Can’t Take It With You\u003c\/i\u003e (1938), \u003ci\u003eRosemary’s Baby\u003c\/i\u003e (1968), \u003ci\u003eGrumpy Old Men\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), and \u003ci\u003eNebraska\u003c\/i\u003e (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, \u003ci\u003eFade to Gray\u003c\/i\u003e also gives visibility to films that provide opportunities for better understanding and appreciation of the aged and the aging process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Study of Aging in Cinema\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilmography and Terminology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: Generational Conflict in Prewar Hollywood Film \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElder Depictions in Early Cinema and the Silent Era\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Neediest among Us\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid Pillars in Unstable Times\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElders in the Nuclear Era\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: The Sensational Specter of Aging \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Audience Lost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Formation of \"\u003cbr\u003eAdult Films\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompeting for the Adult Market\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGender and Generation in Melodrama\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: The Horrific and the Hilarious \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Horror of Aging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYouth Films Exploit Elders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElder Kitsch at Its Limits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: The Emergence of the Elder Odyssey \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Road to a Subgenre of Penultimate Quests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Elder Odyssey in Expansion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInvestigating and Evading\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Road from Here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: The Repression and Release of Old Romance \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe May-December Romance as a Genre Device\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalmly Increasing Honesty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElder Romance Matures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Life Left in Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: Deceptions and Delusions of Elder Death \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly Elder Death\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeath Gets Darker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElder Legacies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix A: Filmography of Significant Elder Roles in American Cinema\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix B: Subject Lists of Elder Films\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685677887768,"sku":"9781477310632","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fade-to-gray-aging-in-american-cinema-paperback-softback-9781477310632","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}