Women in Late Life - Critical Perspectives on Gender and Age

Women in Late Life explores thorny issues related to gender and aging, including ageism, cultural expectations, body image, caring at the end of life, chronic illness, Social Security, caregiving, and more. Blending personal narrative with current research, this interdisciplinary look at gender and aging is nuanced and beautifully written.

List of contents

Introduction
The Women of Mayslake
Part I. The Body and Beyond
Chapter 1. What Do You See When You Look At Me?: Women, Aging, and Our Bodies
Chapter 2. Ageism: You're Only as Old as You Feel and Other Fictions
Chapter 3. The "New Old Age": From Productive Aging to Anti-Aging and Everything in Between
Chapter 4. Disruptions and Repair: Identity and Chronic Illness
Part II. Aging Women in Contemporary Society
Chapter 5: A Looming Dystopia: Feminism, Aging, and Community-Based Long-Term Care
Chapter 6: Retirement: In Pursuit of Women's Economic Security
Chapter 7. Beyond Rational Control: Reflections on End-of-Life Care
Part III. I'm an Old Lady and Damn Proud of It (Maggie Kuhn)
Chapter 8. Resistance and Change: Where to From Here?

About the author

By Martha Holstein

Summary

Women in Late Life explores thorny issues related to gender and aging, including ageism, cultural expectations, body image, caring at the end of life, chronic illness, Social Security, caregiving, and more. Blending personal narrative with current research, this interdisciplinary look at gender and aging is nuanced and beautifully written.

Product details

• Authors: Martha Holstein, Martha B. Holstein
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 18 to 22
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.03.2015
• EAN: 9781442222861
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-2286-1
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Diversity and Aging; Diversity and Aging
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology, Age groups: the elderly, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Age groups: the elderly / old age