| Description |
1 online resource (x, 238 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Film. "That younger, fresher woman" : old wives for new (1918) and Hollywood's cult of youth / by Heather Addison -- The unconscious of age : performances in psychoanalysis, film and popular culture / by E. Ann Kaplan -- Old cops : occupational aging in a film genre / by Neal King -- Theatre. Performing female age in Shakespeare's plays / by Janet Hill and Valerie Barnes Lipscomb -- Mediating childhood : how child spectators interpret actors' bodies in theatrical media / by Jeanne Klein -- "What age am I now? And I? : the science of the aged voice in Beckett's plays / by Ruth Pe Palileo -- Moliere's Miser, old age, and potency / by Allen Wood -- Dance. Old dogs, new tricks : intergenerational dance / by Jessica Berson -- Age and the dance artist / by Barbara Dickinson -- Still tapping after all these years : age and respect in tap dance / by Wendy Oliver |
| Summary |
This text explores how performers offer conscious-and unconscious-portrayals of the spectrum of age to their audiences. It considers a variety of media, including theatre, film, dance, advertising, and television, and offers critical foundations for research and course design, sound pedagogical approaches, and analyses |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Age in the performing arts.
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Ability, Influence of age on.
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Theatre studies.
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ART -- Reference.
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ART -- Performance.
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Performing Arts.
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Ability, Influence of age on
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Age in the performing arts
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Tanz
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Alter Motiv
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Theater
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Film
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Scenisk konst.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lipscomb, Valerie Barnes, 1960-
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Marshall, Leni, 1969-
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| ISBN |
9780230110052 |
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0230110053 |
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9781349384976 |
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1349384976 |
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1282992392 |
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9781282992399 |
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