Men, Masculinities, and Aging

The Gendered Lives of Older Men

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Av Edward H. Thompson,Jr., Edward H. Thompson, Edward H. Thompson,

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Men, Masculinities, and Aging introduces readers to the gendered nature of aging men’s lives. Edward H. Thompson, noted for his work on men and aging, explores the intersections of ethnicities, class, geographies, generations, and masculinities. The book offers a fresh perspective on men’s experiences with bodily aging, growing older in an ageist society, and navigating the virtual absence of cultural guidelines for being an aging man. The book also provides a sociological theory framework on how men navigate their social aging as they experience later life and very late life. Turning points such as grandfathering, the changeover from work to retirement, and the onset of health problems or becoming a career are discussed at length as Thompson frames these natural occurrences as now ordinary experiences as aging masculinities are no longer rarities. The book will provide educators, students, researchers, and practitioners a means to question standard assumptions about aging men and discuss what underlies most later-life masculinities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-09-18
Mått160 x 243 x 25 mm
Vikt544 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieDiversity and Aging
Antal sidor272
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781442278547

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Introduction I: Masculinities and Aging1 Masculinities 2 Negotiating Age Relations and Aging 3 Aging Bodies: Our Corporeality 4 Bodies, Habitus, and Age II: Health as Men Age5 Wrestling with Aging 6 Health Inequalities 7 Sexual Health III: Social Worlds of Old Men8 Social Relationships 9 Intimacies and Sexuality 10 Caring 11 Facing Later Life as an Old Widower 12 Late Life and Its Fourth Age Culture Epilogue ReferencesAbout the Author

[The book] brings together a mass of information and analyses, based on the author’s very wide knowledge, and reviews many studies, including the author’s own, but especially those of other researchers. It is solidly empirical and based, along with intersectionality and critical gerontology, in the developing tradition of critical studies of men, masculinities, and aging. . . . Men, Masculinities, and Aging will be especially useful in studies on gender and sexuality, social care and social work, health, and social gerontology. I see the book as mainly for educators, students, and researchers, but professionals and practitioners would also find much of interest here in suggesting more flexible approaches to policy and practice. Being jam-packed full of research results and insights makes it a valuable reference text: for example, for students seeking summaries of relevant studies. I think this book. . . will become a standard text on men, masculinities, and aging. . . . this is a major contribution in gathering together empirical material on old men’s lived experiences, and is a must-buy for all interested in the topic.