Women and Aging: An International, Intersectional Power Perspective Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Muhlbauer, Varda (Editor), Chrisler, Joan C. (Editor), Denmark, Florence L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3319343394 ISBN-13: 9783319343396 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $123.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) - Social Science | Gender Studies - Psychology | Social Psychology |
Dewey: 155.33 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.60 lbs) 172 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: These are paradoxical times to be an older woman. As individual older women take the stage as role models in the arts and the public sphere, female elders as a group are marginalized as dependent, declining and unimportant. Women and Aging surveys the evolving sociopolitical landscape in an era still struggling with gender and age discrimination. This insightful volume recasts familiar concepts such as social roles, appearance, health, sexuality and transition through the related lenses of empowerment/restraint and quality of life/well-being for a deeper understanding of the disparities that exist both with men and within their own gender. Two especially relevant questions emerge from this framework: how women over 60 are contributing to the current climate of societal change and how these positive developments can improve the lives of older women as a whole. Featured topics analyze the wider implications of older women's experiences as family members, sensual and sexual beings, drivers of economies and members of a diverse population worldwide:
A significant advance in femi nist research, Women and Aging brings path-breaking perspectives to scholars in women's studies, gerontology, psychology, sociology, social work and human development, whether they study women who have overcome barriers or those who need support in changing the rules. |