Gender And Ageing: Changing Roles and Relationships

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-335-21320-7
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

This book is a follow-up to Arber and Ginn's award winning Connecting Gender and Ageing (1995). It contains orginal chapters from eminent writers on gender and ageing, addressing newly emergent areas within gender and ageing, including gender identity and masculinity in later life.

Early work on gender and ageing was dominated by a focus on older women. The present collection breaks with this tradition by emphasizing changing gender roles and relationships, gender identity and an examination of masculinities in midlife and later life. A theme running through the book is the need to reconceptualize partnership status, in order to understand the implications of both widowhood and divorce for older women and men, as well as new forms of relationships, such as Living Apart Together (LAT-relationships). There is also an underlying focus on how socio-economic circumstances influence the experiences of ageing and the ways transitions are negotiated.

Written with undergraduate students and researchers in mind, Gender & Ageing will be an invaluable text for those studying social gerontology, sociology of later life, gender studies, health and community care and social policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arber, Sara

Davidson, Kate

Ginn, Jay

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Wachstum, Entwicklung, Altern
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Kranken-, Alten- und Behindertenhilfe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Changing approaches to gender and later life
Theorizing gender and age relations
what of men and masculinities?
Changing perspectives on age, gender and life after work
Reconceptualizing intimacy and ageing
living apart together
Sex and ageing
a gendered issue
Bringing outsiders in
gay and lesbian family ties over the life course
Reconceptualizing gender and partnership status
integrating socio-economic position and social involvement
Gender, partnership status and pension poverty
Getting by without a spouse
living arrangements and support of older people in Italy and Britain
Social networks and social well-being of older men and women living alone
Exploring the social worlds and health behaviours of older men
Sleep as a social act
a window onto gender roles and relationships
Reconceptualizing gender and ageing
drawing the threads together
Index.