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Fear of Aging: Old Age in Horror Fiction and Film
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Abstract 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... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
culture; aging; pop culture; medicine; film; elderly; interaction; literature; horror film
Classification
Media Contents, Content Analysis
Other Fields of Humanities
Free Keywords
Age groups: the elderly; Aging Studies; American literature in English; Culture and institutions; English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literatures; Film; Geisteswissenschaften allgemein; General principles and musical forms; Gothic; Groups of people; History, geographic treatment, biography; Horror; Literary Studies; Literary studies: general; Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric; Medical Humanities; Medicine and health; Medicine: general issues; Occupational ethics; Philosophy and theory; Public performances; Social interaction; Social sciences; The Arts
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
266 p.
Series
Contemporary Literature, 15
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839461952
ISSN
2703-0474
ISBN
978-3-8394-6195-2
Status
Published Version; reviewed