Intimacy and Ageing

New Relationships in Later Life

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

Av Torbjörn Bildtgård, Peter Öberg

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To begin new relationships in later life is increasingly common in large parts of the Western world. This timely book, part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, addresses the gap in knowledge about late life repartnering and provides a comprehensive map of the changing landscape of late life intimacy.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-06-21
Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt476 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAgeing in a Global Context
Antal sidor224
FörlagPolicy Press
ISBN9781447326496

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Torbjörn Bildtgård is Associate Professor in Sociology at Stockholm University, Sweden. Torbjörn has published mainly within two research areas – Food and Meal Studies and Social Gerontology. Peter Öberg is Professor in Social work, at the Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, University of Gävle, Sweden. He has devoted his academic career to social gerontology and he is currently Editor in Chief for The International Journal of Ageing and Later Life.

Introduction;Intimacy and ageing in late modernity;The changing landscape of intimacy in later life;From marriage to alternative union forms;A life of relationships; Attitudes towards new romantic relationships;Initiation and development of new romantic relationships; A new partner as a resource for social support; Consequences for social network and support structures;Sex in an ideology of love;Time as a structuring condition for new intimate relationships in later life;Discussion; Methodological Appendix.