Ageing and Sexualities

Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Herausgeber: Harding, Rosie; Peel, Elizabeth

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book showcases developments in theory, research and practice regarding sexuality and ageing, considering the differences as well as similarities between and among ageing heterosexual and LGBT older people. Identifying the questions central to future social scientific research on ageing and sexuality, it focuses on the important, emerging dimensions of sexuality and ageing: embodiment, the diversification of the ageing context and the intersections of care and sexuality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 555g
• ISBN-13: 9781472432155
• ISBN-10: 1472432150
• Artikelnr.: 45338764

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Peel is Professor of Psychology and Social Change at the University of Worcester, UK. She is co-author of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Psychology: An Introduction and co-editor of Out in Psychology: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Perspectives, and British Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Psychologies: Theory, Research and Practice. Rosie Harding is Professor of Law and Society at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, UK and author of Regulating Sexuality: Legal Consciousness in Lesbian and Gay Lives.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Introducing Ageing and Sexualities, (Rosie Harding and
Elizabeth Peel)
1. Ageing and Sexuality in Western Societies: Changing Perspectives on
Sexual Activity, Sexual Expression and the 'Sexy' Older Body, (Sharron
Hinchliff and Merryn Gott)
2. Ageing Sexualities in UK Regulatory Contexts, (Sue Westwood)
3. Inclusion and Representation of Older People and Sexual Health in
sub-Saharan Africa within Contemporary Population Health Research, (Gloria
Chepngeno-Langat and Victoria Hosegood)
4. Becoming Visible: De-marginalising Older Lesbians in LGBT Ageing
Discourse, (Jane Traies)
5. Sexual Identity Labels and their Implications in Later Life: The Case of
Bisexuality, (Rebecca Jones)
6. Older People and Sexuality in Residential Aged Care: Reconstructing
Normality, (Michael Bauer, Linda McAuliffe, Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh)
7. "I am Getting Old and That Takes Some Getting Used To": Dimensions of
Body Image for Older Men, (Allan Tyler, Nuno Nodin, Elizabeth Peel and Ian
Rivers)
8. Troubling Identities? Examining Older Lesbian, Gay and/or Bisexual
People's Membership Categorisation Work and its Significance, (Andrew King)
9. Towards the Inquiry into Aged Care and Beyond: The Promise and Challenge
of a New Era in LGBTI Ageing, (Mark Hughes)
10. Internet Dating, Sexual Intimacy and Older People, (Chris Beasley and
Mary Holmes)
Index