{"product_id":"connecting-childhood-and-old-age-in-popular-media-paperback","title":"Connecting Childhood and Old Age in Popular Media - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVanessa Joosen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributions by Gökçe Elif Baykal, Lincoln Geraghty, Verónica Gottau, Vanessa Joosen, Sung-Ae Lee, Cecilia Lindgren, Mayako Murai, Emily Murphy, Mariano Narodowski, Johanna Sjöberg, Anna Sparrman, Ingrid Tomkowiak, Helma van Lierop-Debrauwer, Ilgim Veryeri Alaca, and Elisabeth Wesseling \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Media narratives in popular culture often assign interchangeable characteristics to childhood and old age, presuming a resemblance between children and the elderly. These designations in media can have far-reaching repercussions in shaping not only language, but also cognitive activity and behavior. The meaning attached to biological, numerical age--even the mere fact that we calculate a numerical age at all--is culturally determined, as is the way people \"act their age.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With populations aging all around the world, awareness of intergenerational relationships and associations surrounding old age is becoming urgent. \u003ci\u003eConnecting Childhood and Old Age in Popular Media\u003c\/i\u003e caters to this urgency and contributes to age literacy by supplying insights into the connection between childhood and senescence to show that people are aged by culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Treating classic stories like the Brothers Grimm's fairy tales and \u003ci\u003eHeidi\u003c\/i\u003e; pop culture hits like \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e; and international productions, such as Turkish television cartoons and South Korean films, contributors explore the recurrent idea that \"children are like old people,\" as well as other relationships between children and elderly characters as constructed in literature and media from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. This volume deals with fiction and analyzes language as well as verbally sparse, visual productions, including children's literature, film, television, animation, and advertising.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVanessa Joosen\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English literature and children's literature at the University of Antwerp. She is author of \u003ci\u003eCritical and Creative Perspectives on Fairy Tales: An Intertextual Dialogue between Fairy-Tale Scholarship and Postmodern Retellings\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eGrimms' Tales around the Globe: The Dynamics of Their International Reception\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Children's Literature Association Honor Award for Edited Book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42099626606727,"sku":"9781496837967","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/db3cc8bf5c0f599f70f7e86994cbc58b.webp?v=1732376128","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/connecting-childhood-and-old-age-in-popular-media-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}