Aged Young Adults : : Age Readings of Contemporary American Novels and Films / / Anita Wohlmann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Complete Package 2014
• VerfasserIn: Wohlmann, Anita,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Language: English
• Series: Aging Studies ; 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1 Age and Aging in Theory and Practice --; 2 Conflicts of Timing --; 3 Living Across the Life Course --; 4 Mental Health and Age --; 5 Positive Age Metaphors: Miranda July’s The Future and It Chooses You --; Conclusion --; List of Figures --; List of Works Cited
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839424834; 9783110369526; 9783110370416; 9783111025223; 9783110489842; 9783110661552; 9783110401226
• DOI: 10.1515/transcript.9783839424834?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Anita Wohlmann.

When Toula's father in »My Big Fat Greek Wedding« says to his daughter (age 30) »you look so old« or when Don DeLillo's protagonist (age 28) »feels old« in »Cosmopolis«, these young characters are attributed an age awareness that has received little attention in age studies so far. Leaving aside chronological or biological dimensions of age, this study approaches age as a metaphoric practice, suggesting that »feeling old« is not to be taken literally but metaphorically. The book examines the cultural meanings of age and aging for characters who are in their twenties and thirties and challenges often-"ed labels such as late-coming-of-age story or perpetual adolescence.