'Extreme Forms of Aging:' The Case of Sam Berns

By discussing the aging disorder progeria as depicted in the HBO documentary Life According to Sam, “this paper argues that extraordinary forms of aging allow us to gain new insights into the cultural construction of age. The paper explores the ways in which age is culturally constructed through phy...

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Main Author: Julia Velten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Regensburg: Current objectives in postgraduate American studies c/o Universität Regensburg/Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik 2017-07-01
Series:Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies
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Online Access:https://copas.uni-regensburg.de/index.php/copas/article/view/278
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