Aging Experiments: Futures and Fantasies of Old Age by

Aging Experiments: Futures and Fantasies of Old Age (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783837662832)

Vendor: Jo縊 Paulo Guimar綟s
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Format: Paperback
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Aging Experiments: Futures and Fantasies of Old Age by

Aging Experiments: Futures and Fantasies of Old Age

$45.00
Aging Experiments: Futures and Fantasies of Old Age by

Aging Experiments: Futures and Fantasies of Old Age

$45.00
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Jo縊 Paulo Guimar綟s
ISBN-10: 3837662837
ISBN-13: 9783837662832
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/26/2023
Pages: 226
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d
By Jo縊 Paulo Guimar綟s
By Jo縊 Paulo Guimar綟s
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Jo縊 Paulo Guimar綟s holds a PhD in English from SUNY Buffalo, was an Irish Research Council postdoctoral fellow at University College Dublin and is currently a junior researcher at the Universidade do Porto. His research concentrates on experimental poetry and science studies.

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