Keynote conference presentation. ‘Firm and Hard: Old age, the “youthful” body and essentialist discourses’

Dolan, Josephine

Abstract

This keynote conference paper explores the ideological work of Hollywood stardom in the normalisation of 'successful ageing' discourse and its manifestation as the 'firm and hard body' of cosmecutical culture; and how gender cuts across stardom's embodiment of youthified old age.

• Presentation Conference Type: Keynote
• Conference Name: IV SELICUP Conference: Past, Present and Future of Popular Culture: Spaces and Contexts .
• Start Date: Oct 1, 2010
• End Date: Oct 1, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 8, 2019
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: hollywood, stars, stardom, gender, successful aging, ageing, old age, masculinity, femininity
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/974453
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : IV SELICUP Conference: Past, Present and Future of Popular Culture: Spaces and Contexts