The look of ageing: Agelessness as post-feminist cool? The aging female CEO in contemporary US TV series
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The look of ageing: Agelessness as post-feminist cool? The aging female CEO in contemporary US TV series. / Jerslev, Anne.
In: MedieKultur, Vol. 33, No. 63, 2017, p. 67-84.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The look of ageing: Agelessness as post-feminist cool?
T2 - The aging female CEO in contemporary US TV series
AU - Jerslev, Anne
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Recently, older women have started becoming more visible in the media: in film, on television, and in fashion and beauty ads. Taking as my case the representations of the ageing woman as successful CEO in three recent US television series, I address the kind of visibility that is embodied by the older female character in contemporary media. Drawing on discussions of ageing and the female body from cultural gerontology and cultural studies as well as theoretical discussions and empirical studies of representations of ageing women in film and television, I address the notions of agelessness and age appropriateness in relation to the three female CEOs and ask whether the characters represent alternative media images of the older female or merely a new form of ageism.
AB - Recently, older women have started becoming more visible in the media: in film, on television, and in fashion and beauty ads. Taking as my case the representations of the ageing woman as successful CEO in three recent US television series, I address the kind of visibility that is embodied by the older female character in contemporary media. Drawing on discussions of ageing and the female body from cultural gerontology and cultural studies as well as theoretical discussions and empirical studies of representations of ageing women in film and television, I address the notions of agelessness and age appropriateness in relation to the three female CEOs and ask whether the characters represent alternative media images of the older female or merely a new form of ageism.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - older women
KW - gender and age
KW - TV series
KW - aging and the body
U2 - 10.7146/mediekultur.v33i63.24908
DO - 10.7146/mediekultur.v33i63.24908
M3 - Journal article
VL - 33
SP - 67
EP - 84
JO - MedieKultur
JF - MedieKultur
SN - 0900-9671
IS - 63
ER -
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