Putting Age in Its Place : Long-Term Residential Care in Contemporary Film and Fiction.

How are long-term residential care and the construction of late-life identities connected in North American film and fiction?Through close readings of works by Margaret Atwood, Joan Barfoot, Oscar Casares, John Mighton, and several others, Ulla Kriebernegg explores how the setting at the nexus of ho...

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1. Verfasser:
Kriebernegg, Ulla
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2026.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
How are long-term residential care and the construction of late-life identities connected in North American film and fiction?Through close readings of works by Margaret Atwood, Joan Barfoot, Oscar Casares, John Mighton, and several others, Ulla Kriebernegg explores how the setting at the nexus of home, hospital, hotel, and prison functions.
Umfang:
1 online resource (319 pages)
ISBN:
9783839464120
Schlagworte:
Aging in literature
Old age in literature
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