Connecting gender and ageing : a sociological approach

著者

• Arber, Sara
• Ginn, Jay

書誌事項

Connecting gender and ageing : a sociological approach

edited by Sara Arber and Jay Ginn

Open University Press, 1995

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780335194704

内容説明

* How do the social effects of ageing over the life course interact with gender, giving rise to changed gender roles and relationships? * How do women's and men's sense of their identity change with increasing age? Connecting Gender and Ageing challenges the assumption that gender can be treated as static over the life course, highlighting the differential social effects of ageing on women's and men's roles, relationships and identity. The early chapters address the question of linking gender and age within sociological theory, outlining alternatives and introducing new ideas to integrate these two dimensions of social stratification. Contributors use a feminist perspective to explore the impact of ageing on gender roles in the workplace and in retirement; in marital and other relationships; in community support networks and in older women's own perceptions. A range of research approaches are used, including qualitative studies giving a voice to women. A concluding chapter draws out the implications of the book. A clear writing style and the inclusion of chapters from North America and Europe makes this book accessible to an international readership.

目次

'Only connect' gender relations and ageing Ageing, gender and sociological theory Theorizing age and gender relations Conformity and resistance as women age Gendered work, gendered retirement Choice and constraint in the retirment of older married women The married lives of older people 'I'm the eyes and she's the arms' changes in gender roles in advanced old age Mutual care but differential esteem caring between older couples Gender roles, employment and informal care Gender and elder abuse Gender and social support networks in later life Connecting gender and ageing a new beginning? References Index

巻冊次

ISBN 9780335194711

内容説明

Challenging the assumption that gender can be treated as static over the life course, this book highlights the differential social effects of ageing on women's and men's roles, relationships and identity. The early chapters address the question of linking gender and age within sociological theory, outlining alternatives and introducing new ideas to integrate these two dimensions of social stratification. Contributors assume a feminist perspective to explore the impact of ageing on gender roles in the workplace and in retirement; in marital and other relationships; in community support networks and in older women's own perceptions. A range of research approaches are used, including qualitative studies giving a voice to women. A concluding chapter draws out the implications of the book. The inclusion of chapters from North America and Europe should make this book accessible to an international readership.

目次

• "Only connect" - gender relations and ageing
• ageing, gender and sociological theory
• theorizing age and gender relations
• conformity and resistance as women age
• gendered work, gendered retirement
• choice and constraint in the retirement of older married women
• the married lives of older people
• "I'm the eyes and she's the arms" - changes in gender roles in advanced old age
• mutual care but differential esteem - caring between older couples
• gender roles, employment and informal care
• gender and elder abuse
• gender and social support networks in later life
• connecting gender and ageing - a new beginning?

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA26129389
• ISBN:
  • 0335194710
  • 0335194702
• LCCN: 95014729
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Buckingham ; Bristol, Pa.
• ページ数/冊数: xi, 212 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HQ1061
  • DC20 : 305.26
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Aged -- Attitudes
  • LCSH : Man-woman relationships