<p><br />Contributions by Gokce Elif Baykal Lincoln Geraghty Veronica Gottau Vanessa Joosen Sung-Ae Lee Cecilia Lindgren Mayako Murai Emily Murphy Mariano Narodowski Johanna Sjoberg Anna Sparrman Ingrid Tomkowiak Helma van Lierop-Debrauwer Ilgim Veryeri Alaca and Elisabeth Wesseling<br /><br />Media narratives in popular culture often assign interchangeable characteristics to childhood and old age presuming a resemblance between children and the elderly. These designations in media can have far-reaching repercussions in shaping not only language but also cognitive activity and behavior. The meaning attached to biological numerical age--even the mere fact that we calculate a numerical age at all--is culturally determined as is the way people &quot;act their age.&quot;<br /><br />With populations aging all around the world awareness of intergenerational relationships and associations surrounding old age is becoming urgent. <em>Connecting Childhood and Old Age in Popular Media</em> caters to this urgency and contributes to age literacy by supplying insights into the connection between childhood and senescence to show that people are aged by culture.<br /><br />Treating classic stories like the Brothers Grimm&#39;s fairy tales and <em>Heidi</em>; pop culture hits like <em>The Simpsons</em> and <em>Mad Men</em>; and international productions such as Turkish television cartoons and South Korean films contributors explore the recurrent idea that &quot;children are like old people&quot; as well as other relationships between children and elderly characters as constructed in literature and media from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. This volume deals with fiction and analyzes language as well as verbally sparse visual productions including children&#39;s literature film television animation and advertising.</p>
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