Fear of Aging
In the genre of horror, elderly people are often used as a trope to evoke both a fear of death and a fear of aging. Old age is therefore equated with bodily, mental, or social decline. The contributors of this book investigate what exactly we are afraid of when we posit old age as a source of horror...
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| description | In the genre of horror, elderly people are often used as a trope to evoke both a fear of death and a fear of aging. Old age is therefore equated with bodily, mental, or social decline. The contributors of this book investigate what exactly we are afraid of when we posit old age as a source of horror. The aim is to harness the thrills and pleasures of horror to think about how quality of life can be improved in old age and how elderly people can be better integrated in our ever fearful and suspicious societies. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1569582026-06-15T05:06:39Z Fear of Aging Guimarães, João Paulo Horror Gothic Aging Medical Humanities Film Literature Aging Studies Culture Literary Studies Medicine Popular Culture thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSP Age groups and generations::JBSP4 Age groups: the elderly thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues In the genre of horror, elderly people are often used as a trope to evoke both a fear of death and a fear of aging. Old age is therefore equated with bodily, mental, or social decline. The contributors of this book investigate what exactly we are afraid of when we posit old age as a source of horror. The aim is to harness the thrills and pleasures of horror to think about how quality of life can be improved in old age and how elderly people can be better integrated in our ever fearful and suspicious societies. 2025-03-11T04:18:14Z 2025-03-11T04:18:14Z 2025-03-10T08:42:09Z 2024 book ONIX_20250310_9783839461952_5 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/99278 9783839461952 9783837661958 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/156958 eng Gegenwartsliteratur open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/99278/1/9783839461952.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/99278/1/9783839461952.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/99278/1/9783839461952.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/99278/1/9783839461952.pdf transcript Verlag transcript 10.14361/9783839461952 10.14361/9783839461952 7e97f9b9-be2b-4d9c-a928-3c8ebdfa443c Knowledge Unlatched 9783839461952 9783837661958 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2025 transcript 268 open access |
| spellingShingle | Horror Gothic Aging Medical Humanities Film Literature Aging Studies Culture Literary Studies Medicine Popular Culture thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSP Age groups and generations::JBSP4 Age groups: the elderly thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues Fear of Aging |
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| topic | Horror Gothic Aging Medical Humanities Film Literature Aging Studies Culture Literary Studies Medicine Popular Culture thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSP Age groups and generations::JBSP4 Age groups: the elderly thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues |
| topic_facet | Horror Gothic Aging Medical Humanities Film Literature Aging Studies Culture Literary Studies Medicine Popular Culture thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSP Age groups and generations::JBSP4 Age groups: the elderly thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues |
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