Global mobility is one of the defining phenomena of our time. The contributors to this volume combine the theoretical frameworks of masculinity studies and aging studies to examine the intersection of cultural exchange, gender, and age, and to explore the aging of masculinities in terms of the key concepts of relationship, kinship, and care. The essays analyze transcultural experiences of aging men from Europe, relationships including the Indian diaspora in the US, Chinese father images in the US context, and Black British queer kinship, while also drawing their examples from Brazilian society and African-European contexts.
As social spaces are culturally diverse and digitally networked, the reality of our lives is shaped by processes of globalization and digitalization. This raises the question of whether popular cultures enable or hinder (inter)cultural exchange and global communication. To explore this, the contributors to this volume analyze representations of the intersections of gender and age/ageing in cultural and media consumption, such as literature, film, music and social media. The intertwining of gender and ageing has been recognizable since the 1990s and has enabled the recognition of age as a cultural category - now it is time to take this intersectional analysis further.
The contributions compiled in this volume shed light on the two centuries since Central America's independence in 1821. This extremely complex political emancipation as well as the cultural and ethnic heterogeneity of the region are reflected in the book, in which the complexity of the historical processes, the persistent structures and the peculiarities of the Central American region become clear.
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