Sustaining and Transgressing Borders: The Relationship between Children and the Elderly in Mad Men
Children and the elderly are, in various contexts, portrayed as ideal companions and positioned as “others” in relation to the more powerful generation in between (Hockey and James 2–5; Joosen 128, 136–138;). In children’s literature, for example, the relationship between the two age groups tends to...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Children and the elderly are, in various contexts, portrayed as ideal companions and positioned as “others” in relation to the more powerful generation in between (Hockey and James 2–5; Joosen 128, 136–138;). In children’s literature, for example, the relationship between the two age groups tends to be romanticized, featuring their mutual interests in nature, animals, fantasy, and storytelling. In this chapter we explore how the two categories meet in the award-winning drama TV seriesMad Men. The aim is to scrutinize the link between childhood and old age, by analyzing how the relationships between a young girl, Sally |
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