Ageing, Sex, and Disability

Ricardo Iacub is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Postgraduate Programme in the Psychology of Ageing at the University of Buenos Aires.Paul Simpson is Lecturer in Ageing at the University of Manchester.Trish Hafford-Letchfield is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde.

• Foreword by Brian de Vries1. Introduction to the Volume: Motives, Themes, Issues and Chapter Synopses - Ricardo Iacub, Paul Simpson and Trish Hafford-Letchfield2. From New Possibilities to Late Onset Affordances: Reflections on Lesbian Experiences of Ageing, Disability and (Non-)Sex - Giulia Nazzaro, Nika Looman, Katrien de Graeve3. Old Hen Makes Good Broth: Body Practices, Eroticism and Disability in Older Binary Trans Women’s Bodies - Cuauhtémoc Sanchez-Vega4. Ageing, Disability and Sex: Older Lesbians Aging Into Physical Disability - Debra Harley5. “Vivas”: A Look at Female Aging from Art-Activism - Rose Cattana6. Aesthetics of Eroticism in Older People with Dementia Portrayed in Contemporary Cinema - Ricardo Iacub, 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 Aging With/Into Disabilities - Jami McFarland9. Decoding the Sexual Aesthetics of Illness, Disability and Later Life: Towards a Marxist Critique - Paul Reynolds10. Sexuality and Folly in Old Age: How Far Do Rights Go? - Maria 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

‘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