Intersections of Ageing, Gender and Sexualities

Multidisciplinary International Perspectives
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4473-3302-9
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 564 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

King, Andrew

Almack, Kathryn

Jones, Rebecca L

Weitere Mitwirkende

Reygan, Finn

Fish, Julie

Ferrero Camoletto, Raffaella

Hughes, Mark

Khan, Jamil

Villar, Feliciano

Amini, Elham

Wilkens, Jill

Hvidtfeldt Madsen, Karen

Lahad, Kinneret

Barry, Elizabeth

Siverskog, Anna

Fabbre, Vanessa

Taylor, Yvette

Calasanti, Toni

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Erwachsenensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 Oró 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.

Über Autor(innen)

King, Andrew
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.

Fish, Julie
Julie Fish is Professor of Social Work and Health Inequalities at De Montfort University. She has conducted research in this field funded by the ESRC and the Department of Health and published numerous academic articles. She was a joint convenors of the Social Work and Health Inequalities Network (SWHIN) 2010-2014.

Calasanti, Toni
Toni Calasanti is Professor of Sociology at Virginia Tech.

Jones, Rebecca L
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.

Almack, Kathryn
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.

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.