Golden years and silver screens: Cinematic representations of old age

Journal of Aging, Humanities, and the Arts

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 85-96

  Cohen Shalev, Amir ^a   Marcus, Esther Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ageism; Aging and film; Life span creativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 60549117193     PISSN: 19325614     EISSN: 19325622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19325610701411062     Document Type: Article

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