Resexualising Later Life

Paul Reynolds is Associate Lecturer at The Open University.Paul Simpson is Honorary Research Fellow in Sociology at the University of Manchester.Trish Hafford-Letchfield is Professor of Social Work at the University of Strathclyde.

• Foreword by Raffaella Ferrero Comoletto1. Introduction: Themes, issues and chapter synopses - Paul Reynolds, Paul Simpson and Trish Hafford LetchfieldPART I: Cultures of resexualisation2. Can wrinkles be sexy? Possibilities and constraints for an aesthetic of eroticism in later life - Feliciano Villar and Ricardo Iacub3. Older swinging, ‘casual’ intimacies and sex outside coupledom - Eir-Anne Edgar4 Resexualisation of older lesbian and gay subjects in film: an analysis of Cloudburst and Gerontophilia - Paul Simpson and Megan Todd5. Resexualisation, later life and kink - Paul ReynoldsPART II: Technologies and practices of resexualisation6. Pharmaceutical culture and the resexualisation of later life - Barbara L. Marshall7. The sexuality of older persons in the digital world - Liat Ayalon and Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan8. Older internet dating: ageist prescriptions and novel resexualising - Chris Beasley and Mary Holmes9. Resexualisation of older adults through sex care services in Dutch nursing homes - Nathalie Huitema and Tineke Roelofs10. Resexualising older disabled people’s sexual and intimate lives: an outline, framework and research agenda - Susan Gillen and Paul Reynolds11. Final reflections: Themes and issues arising from the volume - Paul Simpson, Trish Hafford-Letchfield and Paul Reynolds

‘This publication makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the various intersections and issues surrounding older adult sexuality, particularly in relation to civic and civil attitudes that are negative and outdated. The editors have produced a well-researched and inspiring narrative with crucial policy and practice implications. They, along with the contributors, deserve congratulations. This is essential reading, without a doubt.’ Mervyn Eastman, Later Life Audio and Radio Co-operative and The Co-operative Guild of Social and Community Workers