Certain Age

Women growing older

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

Older women run their own businesses. Older women go to aerobics classes. Older women fall in love. In fact, older women have active lives and make a major contribution to the community despite the the public assumption that they are past their use-by date.A Certain Age explores the public and private worlds of older women. Challenging the emphasis on declining health in other studies of ageing, it looks at the interactions between older women and family, friends and the community, as well as their work and leisure activities. The authors discuss the factors that are important in older woman's lives such as home, menopause, fitness, learning, widowhood and intimacy. They show that many older women maintain good health and an independent lifestyle while others experience barriers that prevent them from continuing to be active members of their community.A Certain Age is valuable reading for anyone who works with older people, develops programs or policies for older people, or is interested in the experience of growing older.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-03-31
Mått:138 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt:367 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780367717308

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Marilyn Poole is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Inquiry at Deakin University. Susan Feldman is the Director of the Alma Unit on Women and Ageing at the University of Melbourne and co-editor of Something That Happens to Other People.

Innehållsförteckning

Contributors vPreface ix1 Positioning Older Women 32 Policy's black box: mass media, women and ageing 17 3 Meanings of home in the lives of older women (and men) 364 Mauve is an old woman's colour: women's visual representations of menopause 565 Learning at the end of your life: A pedagogy of relocation 736 It's a lovely feeling: older women's fitness programs 877 Pebbles and Hugs: Older women in small business 1018 The improvised careers of older women: gendered ageism at work? 1179 Social capital, volunteerism and older women 13410 Making the most of my life: a conversation with Dot Peters 155 11 No more dinners only lunches': Older widowed women relating to the world 16512 The ache of frequent farewells 18213 The expectation of love in older age: towards a sociology of intimacy193Index 209