Grandparents in a Digital Age - The Third Act

This book examines the changing depictions of grandparent culture from "old" to "hip" through celebrity grandparents, new forms of communication between grandparents and grandchildren, emerging rituals in grandparenting, the marketing of grandparenting as a new life stage, and the impact of the commodification of grandparenting on our culture.

List of contents

Introduction: Age as Superpower

Chapter 1: The Grandparent Shift

Chapter 2: Grandparenting as a Lifestage

Chapter 3: Chasing Visibility

Chapter 4: Grandparenting as Second Chance

Chapter 5: Performing Granny and Pop

Chapter 6: The Grandparent-Industrial Complex

Conclusion: The Grandparent Paradox

About the author

Laura Tropp is professor of communication and media arts at Marymount Manhattan College.

Summary

This book examines the changing depictions of grandparent culture from “old” to “hip” through celebrity grandparents, new forms of communication between grandparents and grandchildren, emerging rituals in grandparenting, the marketing of grandparenting as a new life stage, and the impact of the commodification of grandparenting on our culture.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Tropp
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781498575782
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7578-2
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Grandparenting, Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Advice on parenting, Feminism & feminist theory, Intergenerational Relationships, Age groups: the elderly, Parenting: advice and issues, Feminism and feminist theory, Intergenerational relationships: advice and issues, Age groups: the elderly / old age