Women, Ageing and the Screen Industries: Falling off a Cliff?

Women, Ageing and the Screen Industries: Falling off a Cliff?
by: Susan Liddy (Editor)
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date: 27 April 2023
Language:English
Print Length:261 pages
ISBN-10:3031183843
ISBN-13:9783031183843
Book Description
This book explores the challenges facing women from their mid-forties as they attempt to build/maintain careers in the screen industries. Essays are concerned with the intersection of gender and age on screen and behind the camera and how that can create a ‘double jeopardy’.Existing research in this area has been primarily directed to onscreen representation. Female actors, with notable exceptions, struggle to get screen time and expansive roles as they age. Behind the camera, women 45+ also face challenges and roadblocks; to date, less attention has been directed to this group. The cross-cultural research in this collection offers an analysis of representation, on and off screen, touching on film, television, streaming services and film festivals. It includes an exploration of gendered ageism, age bias and stereotyping. It also highlights the achievements of mature female practitioners who, in their work and working lives, embody a resistance to restrictive cultural discourses about ageing women.
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