
Intersections of Ageing, Gender and Sexualities
Multidisciplinary International Perspectives
Policy Press
1st Edition
Published on 16. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-4473-4337-0 (ISBN)
Description
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. With an increasingly diverse ageing population, we need to expand our understanding of how social divisions intersect to affect outcomes in later life.
This edited collection examines ageing, gender, and sexualities from multidisciplinary and geographically diverse perspectives and looks at how these factors combine with other social divisions to affect experiences of ageing. It draws on theory and empirical data to provide both conceptual knowledge and clear 'real-world' illustrations.
The book includes section introductions to guide the reader through the debates and ideas and a glossary offering clear definitions of key terms and concepts.
This edited collection examines ageing, gender, and sexualities from multidisciplinary and geographically diverse perspectives and looks at how these factors combine with other social divisions to affect experiences of ageing. It draws on theory and empirical data to provide both conceptual knowledge and clear 'real-world' illustrations.
The book includes section introductions to guide the reader through the debates and ideas and a glossary offering clear definitions of key terms and concepts.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 s/w Tabellen
2 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
406 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-4337-0 (9781447343370)
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Persons
Andrew King is Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey where he is also Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender.
Kathryn Almack is Professor of Health and Family Lives at the University of Hertfordshire. Her research has included a focus on LGBT older people, ageing and end of life care.
Rebecca Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Health at The Open University. She researches ageing, sexuality across the life course and especially sexuality in later life.
Kathryn Almack is Professor of Health and Family Lives at the University of Hertfordshire. Her research has included a focus on LGBT older people, ageing and end of life care.
Rebecca Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Health at The Open University. She researches ageing, sexuality across the life course and especially sexuality in later life.
Contributions
School of Applied Social Sciences, De Montfort University
University of Turin
Liverpool University
Content
Foreword ~ Sara Arber;
Introduction: intersections of ageing, gender and sexualities ~ Andrew King, Kathryn Almack and Rebecca L. Jones;
PART 1: Theoretical interpolations;
Part Introduction;
On the intersection of age, gender and sexualities in research on ageing ~ Toni Calasanti;
The queer subject of 'getting on' ~ Yvette Taylor;
Transgender ageing: community resistance and well-being in the life course ~ Vanessa Fabbre and Anna Siverskog;
PART 2: Representations;
Part Introduction;
Endogenous misery: menopause in medicine, literature and culture ~ Elizabeth Barry
Representations of female ageing and sexuality: Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger, Angela Carter's Wise Children and Doris Lessing's 'The grandmothers' ~ Maricel Oro Piqueras;
'Last-minute mothers': the construction of age and midlife motherhood in Denmark and Israel ~ Kinneret Lahad and Karen Hvidtfeldt Madsen;
PART 3: Dis/empowerments;
Part Introduction;
All change please: education, mobility and habitus dislocation ~ Jill Wilkens;
Insider or outsider? Issues of power and habitus during life history interviews with menopausal Iranian women ~ Elham Amini;
Sexual expression and sexual practices in long-term residential facilities for older people ~ Feliciano Villar;
Sexual and gender diversity, ageing and elder care in South Africa: voices and realities ~ Finn Reygan and Jamil Khan;
PART 4: Health and well-being;
Part Introduction ;
Health and well-being of lesbians, gay men and bisexual people in later life: examining the commonalities and differences from quantitative research ~ Mark Hughes;
Questioning the sexy oldie: masculinity, age and sexuality in the Viagra era ~ Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto;
Intersecting identities of age, gender and sexual orientation in gay and bisexual men's narratives of prostate cancer ~ Julie Fish.
Introduction: intersections of ageing, gender and sexualities ~ Andrew King, Kathryn Almack and Rebecca L. Jones;
PART 1: Theoretical interpolations;
Part Introduction;
On the intersection of age, gender and sexualities in research on ageing ~ Toni Calasanti;
The queer subject of 'getting on' ~ Yvette Taylor;
Transgender ageing: community resistance and well-being in the life course ~ Vanessa Fabbre and Anna Siverskog;
PART 2: Representations;
Part Introduction;
Endogenous misery: menopause in medicine, literature and culture ~ Elizabeth Barry
Representations of female ageing and sexuality: Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger, Angela Carter's Wise Children and Doris Lessing's 'The grandmothers' ~ Maricel Oro Piqueras;
'Last-minute mothers': the construction of age and midlife motherhood in Denmark and Israel ~ Kinneret Lahad and Karen Hvidtfeldt Madsen;
PART 3: Dis/empowerments;
Part Introduction;
All change please: education, mobility and habitus dislocation ~ Jill Wilkens;
Insider or outsider? Issues of power and habitus during life history interviews with menopausal Iranian women ~ Elham Amini;
Sexual expression and sexual practices in long-term residential facilities for older people ~ Feliciano Villar;
Sexual and gender diversity, ageing and elder care in South Africa: voices and realities ~ Finn Reygan and Jamil Khan;
PART 4: Health and well-being;
Part Introduction ;
Health and well-being of lesbians, gay men and bisexual people in later life: examining the commonalities and differences from quantitative research ~ Mark Hughes;
Questioning the sexy oldie: masculinity, age and sexuality in the Viagra era ~ Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto;
Intersecting identities of age, gender and sexual orientation in gay and bisexual men's narratives of prostate cancer ~ Julie Fish.