Women and aging : an international, intersectional power perspective
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Women and aging : an international, intersectional power perspective
Springer, c2015
- [: hbk.]
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction / Varda Mühlbauer
- Older women, power and the body / Joan C. Chrisler, Meghan Rossini and Jessica R. Newton
- Older women, economic power and consumerism / Andrew J. Schein and Nava Haruvi
- Impact of multiple roles on the well-being of older women : strain or enrichment? / Liat Kulik
- Older women, leadership and encore careers / Florence L. Denmark, Hillary Goldstein, Kristin Thiles, and Adrian Tworecke
- Sexuality and older women : desirability and desire / Maureen C. McHugh and Camille Interligi
- Lesbians over 60 : newer every day / Suzanna M. Rose and Michelle M. Hospital
- Clinical interventions to empower older women / Jennifer L. O'Brien and Susan Krauss Whitbourne
Description and Table of Contents
Description
These are paradoxical times to be an older woman. As individual older women take the stage as role models in the arts and the public sphere, female elders as a group are marginalized as dependent, declining and unimportant.
Women and Aging surveys the evolving sociopolitical landscape in an era still struggling with gender and age discrimination. This insightful volume recasts familiar concepts such as social roles, appearance, health, sexuality and transition through the related lenses of empowerment/restraint and quality of life/well-being for a deeper understanding of the disparities that exist both with men and within their own gender. Two especially relevant questions emerge from this framework: how women over 60 are contributing to the current climate of societal change and how these positive developments can improve the lives of older women as a whole. Featured topics analyze the wider implications of older women's experiences as family members, sensual and sexual beings, drivers of economies and members of a diverse population worldwide:
Older women, power and the body.
Older women, economic power and consumerism.
The impact of multiple roles on older women: Strain or enrichment?
Older women, leadership and encore careers.
Sexuality in older women: Desirability and desire.
Lesbians over 60: Newer every day.
Clinical interventions to empower older women.
A significant advance in femi
nist research, Women and Aging brings path-breaking perspectives to scholars in women's studies, gerontology, psychology, sociology, social work and human development, whether they study women who have overcome barriers or those who need support in changing the rules.
Table of Contents
Introduction.- Older Women, Power and the Body.- Older women, Economic Power and Consumerism.- The Impact of Multiple Roles on the Well-being of Older Women: Strain or Enrichment?.- Older Women, Leadership and Encore Careers.- Sexuality and Older Women: Desirability and Desire.- Lesbians over 60: Newer Every Day.- Clinical Interventions to Empower Older Women.
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