Representing Ageing [electronic resource] : Images and Identities /
Ylänne, V.editor.
This collection critically examines twenty-first century representations of ageing, focusing on various media images and discourses as well as individuals' own experiences and self-presentations of ageing, drawing on innovative new empirical data.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part I Age-Targeted and Advertising Images; 2 Anti-ageing Advertisements and Perceptions of Ageing; 3 Consumerism v. Constructing Older Age: A Case Study of Over-Fifties Life Insurance TV Advertising; 4 'They See Themselves As Young': The Market Addressing the Older Consumer; 5 Talk about Love and Intimate Relationships in a Finnish 50+ Magazine; 6 Redefining Cultural Roles in Older Age: Grandmothering As an Extension of Motherhood
Part II Appearance, Clothing and Fashion Images7 Doing Beauty: Women, Ageing and Identity; 8 On Going Grey; 9 Fashion and Age: The Role of Women's Magazines in the Constitution of Aged Identities; Part III Self, Family and Community Images; 10 'I Don't See Many Images of Myself Coming Back at Myself': Representations of Women and Ageing; 11 The Oldest Generation As Displayed in Family Photographs; 12 'Positive Images' and Calendars: Explorations in 'Agelessness' or 'Ambiguous' Identities?; 13 Snap Happy - Being Old in Scotland in Photographs; 14 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This collection critically examines twenty-first century representations of ageing, focusing on various media images and discourses as well as individuals' own experiences and self-presentations of ageing, drawing on innovative new empirical data.
Social groups.
Family.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Childhood.
Adolescence.
Sociology.
Communication.
Aging.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Gender Studies.
Media Studies.
Aging.