Exploring Aging Masculinities
The Body, Sexuality and Social Lives
Published on 19. December 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVIII, 201 pages
978-1-349-70781-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores the lived, embodied experiences of aging men as a counterpoint to the weary stereotypes often imposed on them. Conventionally, in Western cultures, they are seen as inevitably in decline. The book challenges these distorted images through a detailed analysis of aging men's life stories.
Reviews / Votes
"[This] book disrupts thinking and practice on men and masculinities, on age, class, gender and sexuality, and is important for policy and politics, for carers, professionals, and of course older people themselves and ourselves." - Jeff Hearn, Professor, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland; Örebro University, Sweden, and; University of Huddersfield, UKMore details
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XVIII, 201 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
283 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-70781-2 (9781349707812)
DOI
10.1057/9781137527578
Schweitzer Classification
Person
David Jackson is an independent researcher and a member of the Nottingham Pensioners' Action Group. Over the last fifteen years he has focused on aging men's issues, and has set up aging men's groups and, with others, a memory work group. He has also written
Unmasking Masculinity: A Critical Autobiography
and
Challenging Macho Values: Practical Ways of Working with Adolescent Boys
(with Jonathan Salisbury).
Content
Foreword: Research with Older Men, Slowly; Jeff Hearn
1. Introduction
2. Research Methodology
3. Aging Men's Embodied Selves: Rethinking Aging Men's Relationships with Their Changing Bodies
4. An Historical and Cultural Analysis of Aging Men's Sexualities in the UK
5. Learning to Live with Parkinson's and an 'Unpredictable Body' as an Aging Man: An Investigation into Age, Masculine Identity and Disability
6. The Challenges and Opportunities of Aging Men's Spousal Caregiving in the UK
7. Learning the Hidden Skills of Staying Alive: How do Some Aging Working Class Men Survive the Processes of Aging?
8. Exploring Aging Men's Embodied and Social Agency in a Free Market Economy Context
9. Towards an Ambiguous, Bodily Fragmented Standpoint on Aging Men