| Description |
xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. 'Only Connect': Gender Relations and Ageing / Jay Ginn and Sara Arber -- 2. Ageing, Gender and Sociological Theory / Mike Bury -- 3. Theorizing Age and Gender Relations / Julie McMullin -- 4. Conformity and Resistance as Women Age / Doris Ingrisch -- 5. Gendered Work, Gendered Retirement / Miriam Bernard, Catherine Itzin, Chris Phillipson and Julie Skucha -- 6. Choice and Constraint in the Retirement of Older Married Women / Sara Arber and Jay Ginn -- 7. The Married Lives of Older People / Janet Askham -- 8. 'I'm the Eyes and She's the Arms': Changes in Gender Roles in Advanced Old Age / Gail Wilson -- 9. Mutual Care But Differential Esteem: Caring Between Older Couples / Hilary Rose and Errollyn Bruce -- 10. Gender Roles, Employment and Informal Care / Anne Martin Matthews and Lori D. Campbell -- 11. Gender and Elder Abuse / Terri Whittaker -- 12. Gender and Social Support Networks in Later Life / Anne Scott and G. Clare Wenger. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-199) and index. |
| Subject |
Older people.
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Man-woman relationships.
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| Indexed Term |
Old persons Sex differences |
| Added Author |
Arber, Sara, 1949-
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Ginn, Jay.
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| Cover Title |
Connecting gender & ageing |
| ISBN |
0335194710 hb |
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0335194702 paperback |
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