Philipp Kneis received his M.A. in American Studies and History from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; and his PhD from Potsdam University. Previous publications include The Emancipation of the Soul. Memes of Destiny in American Mythological Television (Peter Lang, 2010), and two volumes co-edited with Antje Dallmann and Reinhard Isensee, namely Envisioning American Utopias. Fictions of Science and Politics in Literature and Visual Culture (Peter Lang, 2011) and Picturing America. Trauma, Realism, Politics and Identity in American Visual Culture (Peter Lang, 2007). An overview of further publications can be found on pjkx.com. He currently works at Oregon State University.

• Contents: Cultural Imagining of Old Age – Indian Identity and Tribal Elders – Traditional Oral Narratives – Traditional Stories in Transformation – Trickster Permutations: Saged Heroes and Resilient Elders – Aging Relations: Place and Belonging – Old Age as Loss: Cultural vs. Individual Memory – Haunted by Tradition.

Philipp Kneis received his M.A. in American Studies and History from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; and his PhD from Potsdam University. Previous publications include The Emancipation of the Soul. Memes of Destiny in American Mythological Television (Peter Lang, 2010), and two volumes co-edited with Antje Dallmann and Reinhard Isensee, namely Envisioning American Utopias. Fictions of Science and Politics in Literature and Visual Culture (Peter Lang, 2011) and Picturing America. Trauma, Realism, Politics and Identity in American Visual Culture (Peter Lang, 2007). An overview of further publications can be found on pjkx.com. He currently works at Oregon State University.

• Contents: Cultural Imagining of Old Age – Indian Identity and Tribal Elders – Traditional Oral Narratives – Traditional Stories in Transformation – Trickster Permutations: Saged Heroes and Resilient Elders – Aging Relations: Place and Belonging – Old Age as Loss: Cultural vs. Individual Memory – Haunted by Tradition.