Aging experiments : futures and fantasies of old age

• Type: Book
• Date: 2023

Authors

Guimarães, João Paulo (Author) FLUP

Publisher

Transcript

Bielefeld

Indexing

Crossref

Other information

DOI: 10.14361/9783839462836

Abstract (EN): The sustained expansion of the life span and the attendant demographic changes in the West have fuelled the production of cultural texts that explore alternative representations of aging and old age. The contributors to this volume show how artists in science-fiction, fantasy and the avant-garde develop visions of late life transformation, improvisation and adaptation to new circumstances. The studies particularly focus on perspectives on aging that challenge the predominant narratives of decline as well as fantasies of eternal youth, as defined by neoliberal notions of health, able-bodiedness, agency, self-improvement, progress, plasticity and productivity.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 223

ISBN: 978-3-8376-6283-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-8394-6283-6

Collection: Culture & theory ; 278