Ageing, Sex and Disability

Ricardo Iacub is Professor of Psychology of Ageing at the University of Buenos Aires.Paul Simpson is an Honorary Research Fellow, Sociology, at the University of Manchester.Trish Hafford-Letchfield is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde.

‘This edited volume provides valuable insights for anyone seeking to improve their understanding and knowledge of sexuality, disability and inclusivity in later life. The authors weave together scholarship from various disciplines to provide a fresh way of looking at older age and sexual citizenship. Students in the social sciences in particular will benefit from the insights offered in this collection.’ Sharon Hinchliff, University of Sheffield

• Foreword by Brian de Vries1. Introduction: Motives, themes, issues and chapter synopses - Ricardo Iacub, Paul Simpson and Trish Hafford- LetchfieldPART I: Identities2. From new possibilities to late-onset affordances: reflections on lesbian experiences of ageing, disability and (non-)sex - Giulia Nazzaro, Nika Looman and Katrien De Graeve3. Ageing, disability and sex: older lesbians ageing into physical disability - Debra A. Harley4. Old hen makes good broth: body practices, eroticism and disability in older binary trans women’s bodies - Cuauhtémoc Sánchez-VegaPART II: Representations, spaces and cultures5. ‘Vivas’: a look at female ageing through art-activism - Rosa Cattana6. Aesthetics of eroticism in older people with dementia portrayed in contemporary cinema - Ricardo Iacub and Paul Simpson7. Cripping sex as we age: caregiver memoirs and anti-ableist approaches to sex - Elizabeth Kleinfeld8. Sexy, sick, grand daddies: cultural representations of cross-generational intimacy and older gay men ageingwith/into disabilities - Jami McFarland9. Decoding the sexual aesthetics of illness, disability and later life: towards a Marxist critique - Paul ReynoldsPART III: Law, policies and practices10. Sexuality and folly in old age: how far do rights go? - María Isolina Dabove11. Sexuality and dementia: navigating a grey area - Josep Fabà and Feliciano Villar12. Coming with heart: sex work with older and disabled people - Mark Henrickson and Patricia Morgan13. Ageism, gender difference and older physically disabled and learning disabled people as sexual citizens - Mervyn Eastman14. Is there sex after incontinence in later life? Towards a new aesthetic - Trish Hafford-Letchfield15. Final reflections and overarching themes: new sexual aesthetics and older, disabled people - Paul Simpson, Trish Hafford-Letchfield and Ricardo Iacub