Time(s) of Lives (Non-)Normative Temporalities, Age(ing), and Kinship Narratives in Contemporary U.S. American Culture.

Schäfer, Rebecca.

Time(s) of Lives (Non-)Normative Temporalities, Age(ing), and Kinship Narratives in Contemporary U.S. American Culture. - 1 online resource (247 pages). - American Studies - A Monograph Series ; v.310 .

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover -- Titel -- Imprint -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: Changing Time(s)? -- 2 "Fantasies of Futurity and Anachronism" in Middle Age? Transgender Bodies and Queer Temporalities, Age(ing), and Kinship in Contemporary U.S. American Documentary Film -- 3 "Look at Those Children Playing!" Queer Temporalities and Narratives of Age(ing), the Transgender Body, and Perpetual Adolescents in 'Transparent' -- 4 "A Perfect Child Caught in a Freeze-Frame"? Age, (Non-)Aging, (Non-)Futurity and the Transhuman, Posthuman, and Non-Human (Child) in 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence' 5 Mother(hood) Monster? Lady Gaga, Family Discourse, and Alternative Modes of Kinship and Reproductive Time -- 6 Conclusion: "Liberation Begins with the Imagination" -- Works Cited -- Backcover



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Aging in literature.
Time in literature.


Electronic Books.

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