Gender and ageing : changing roles and relationships / edited by Sara Arber, Kate Davidson and Jay Ginn.
Contributor(s): Arber, Sara
| Davidson, Kate | Ginn, Jay.
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BookPublisher: Maidenhead ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 2003Description: xi, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0335213197 (pbk.); 9780335213191; 0335213200 (hbk.); 9780335213207.Other title: Gender and aging.Subject(s): Older people -- Attitudes | Gender identity | Identity (Psychology) in old age | Middle-aged persons -- Attitudes | Man-woman relationships | Aged -- Attitudes | Society | Gender studies, gender groups | Social services & welfare, criminology | Care of the elderly | Maturation & ageingDDC classification: 305.26 GEN | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library Ground Floor Main | 305.26 GEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 38888000494629 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book is a follow-up to Arber and Ginn's award winning Connecting Gender and Ageing (1995). It contains original 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 key theme running through the book is the need to reconceptualize partnership status, in order to understand the implications for women and men of widowhood, divorce and new forms of relationships, such as Living Apart Together (LAT-relationships). Another is the influence of socio-economic circumstances on how ageing is experienced and transitions are negotiated.
The book illustrates new ways of thinking about old age and indicates policy implications, especially concerning the nature of service provision for older people. It will change the ways in which social scientists conceptualize later life.
Written with undergraduate students and researchers in mind, Gender and Ageing: Changing Roles and Relationships will be an invaluable text for those studying social gerontology, sociology of later life, gender studies, health and community care and social policy.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Changing Approaches to Gender and Later Life / Jay Ginn / Kate Davidson / Sara Arber -- 2. Masculinities and Care Work in Old Age / Toni Calasanti -- 3. New Identities in Ageing: Perspectives on Age, Gender and Life After Work / Eileen Fairhurst -- 4. Reconceptualizing Intimacy and Ageing: Living Apart Together / Klas Borell / Sofie Ghazanfareeon Karlsson -- 5. Sex and Ageing: A Gendered Issue / Merryn Gott / Sharron Hinchliff -- 6. Bringing Outsiders in: Gay and Lesbian Family Ties over the Life Course / Ingrid Arnet Connidis -- 7. Social Networks and Social Well-being of Older Men and Women Living Alone / Jenny de Jong Gierveld -- 8. Getting by without a Spouse: Living Arrangements and Support of Older People in Italy and Britain / Janet Askham / Karen Glaser / Cecilia Tomassini -- 9. Sharing the Crust? Gender, Partnership Status and Inequalities in Pension Accumulation / Jay Ginn / Debora Price -- 10. Re-examining Gender and Marital Status: Material Well-being and Social Involvement / Kate Davidson / Debora Price / Sara Arber / Kim Perren -- 11. Exploring the Social Worlds of Older Men / Tom Daly / Kate Davidson / Sara Arber -- 12. Sleep as a Social Act: A Window on Gender Roles and Relationships / Jenny Hislop / Sara Arber.
This text emphasizes changing gender roles and relationships, gender identity and an examination of masculinities in midlife and later life. It covers the need to reconceptualize partnership status, in order to understand the implications of both widowhood and divorce for older women and men.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 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 ageingliving apart together
- Sex and ageinga gendered issue
- Bringing outsiders ingay and lesbian family ties over the life course
- Reconceptualizing gender and partnership statusintegrating socio-economic position and social involvement
- Gender, partnership status and pension poverty
- Getting by without a spouseliving 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 acta window onto gender roles and relationships
- Reconceptualizing gender and ageingdrawing the threads together
- Index