Intimacy and Ageing New Relationships in Later Life
Heftet /
2018
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781447326502
Publisert
2018-12-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Policy Press
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Om bidragsyterne
Torbjörn Bildtgård is Associate Professor in Sociology at Stockholm University, Sweden. Torbjörn has published mainly within two research areas – Food and Meal Studies and Social Gerontology. Peter Öberg is Professor in Social work, at the Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, University of Gävle, Sweden. He has devoted his academic career to social gerontology and he is currently Editor in Chief for The International Journal of Ageing and Later Life.
To begin new relationships in later life is increasingly common in large parts of the Western world. This timely book, part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, addresses the gap in knowledge about late life repartnering and provides a comprehensive map of the changing landscape of late life intimacy.
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This timely book, part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, addresses the gap in knowledge about late life repartnering and provides a comprehensive map of the changing landscape of late life intimacy.
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Introduction;
Intimacy and ageing in late modernity;
The changing landscape of intimacy in later life;
From marriage to alternative union forms;
A life of relationships;
Attitudes towards new romantic relationships;
Initiation and development of new romantic relationships;
A new partner as a resource for social support;
Consequences for social network and support structures;
Sex in an ideology of love;
Time as a structuring condition for new intimate relationships in later life;
Discussion;
Methodological Appendix.
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"At last, an account of ageing intimacy that blows away stereotypes to engage with the complexities. A must-read for academics and those working with older people." Dr Paul Simpson, Edge Hill University
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The only up-to-date detailed analysis of new relationships in later life in a single, comprehensive volume;
A timely book which will address the gap in knowledge of the changing relationship patterns among the older population;
Strong sociological focus and theoretical contribution, relevant to a North American market.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781447326502
Publisert
2018-12-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Policy Press
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet