Fear of Aging. Old Age in Horror Fiction and Film

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Fear of Aging. Old Age in Horror Fiction and Film

dc.creator	Guimarães, João Paulo
dc.date.accessioned	2025-07-10T11:52:58Z
dc.date.issued	2025
dc.description.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. 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.	en
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/24017
dc.identifier.isbn	isbn:978-3-8394-6195-2
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-6195-8/fear-of-aging/?number=978-3-8394-6195-2&c=310000018
dc.identifier.uri	https://mediarep.org/handle/doc/25923
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	transcript
dc.publisher.place	Bielefeld
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	Age	en
dc.subject	Genre	en
dc.subject	Horror	en
dc.subject	Aging	en
dc.subject	Fear	en
dc.subject.ddc	ddc:800
dc.title	Fear of Aging. Old Age in Horror Fiction and Film	en
dc.type	book
dc.type.status	publishedVersion
dspace.entity.type	Misc
local.academicbookseries	Contemporary Literature
local.coverpage	2025-07-11T02:31:31
local.identifier.firstpublished	https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-6195-8/fear-of-aging/?number=978-3-8394-6195-2&c=310000018

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