Aging Experiments
Futures and Fantasies of Old Age
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Beschreibung
An exploration of how science-fiction, fantasy and the avant-garde have challenged our conceptions of ageing and offer means to tell harmful dreams from welcome epistemic shifts.
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.
Autor*in
João Paulo Guimarães
Themen in »Aging Experiments«
Aging Aging Science-Fiction Science-Fiction Fantasy Fantasy Avant-Garde Avant-Garde Experimental Experimental Aging Studies Aging Studies Literature Literature Film