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 conceed 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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