REQUIRED READING
EXTRA CREDIT
Grande Dame Guignol Cinema: a History of Hag Horror from Baby Jane to Mother, by Peter Shelley (1962).|
You Must Remember This, Episode 91. Karina Longworth’s deep-dive into the production and reception history of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
A Framework for Understanding Old-Age Vulnerabilities. A paper that lays out the multiple challenges facing families and an aging population.
The Costly, Painful, Lonely Burden of Care. From the New York Times: a look at the cost of invisible care.
The Double Standard of Aging, by Susan Sontag. “Aging means a humiliating process of gradual sexual disqualification.”
“Must the Players Keep Young?”: Early Hollywood’s Cult of Youth by Heather Addison. The origin story of Hollywood’s obsession with youth.
“Facing the horror – becoming an old maid,” from the book A Table for One: a Critical Reading of Singlehood, Gender and Time, by Kinneret Lahad.
Bitch media: Aging as the ultimate cinematic horror by Alana Prochuk.
The Alzheimer’s Society: an informative resource – consider donating!
