Jackson Exploring Aging Masculinities

The Body, Sexuality and Social Lives
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-52757-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 220 Seiten

This book explores the lived, embodied experiences of aging men as a counterpoint to the weary stereotypes often imposed on them. Conventionally, in Western cultures, they are seen as inevitably in decline. The book challenges these distorted images through a detailed analysis of aging men's life stories.

David Jackson is an independent researcher and a member of the Nottingham Pensioners' Action Group. Over the last fifteen years he has focused on aging men's issues, and has set up aging men's groups and, with others, a memory work group. He has also written and (with Jonathan Salisbury).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jackson, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Half-Title;2
3;Title;4
4;Copyright;5
5;Contents;6
6;Foreword: Research with Older Men, Slowly;7
7;Preface;10
8;Acknowledgements;18
9;1 Introduction;20
10;2 Research Methodology;46
11;3 Aging Men’s Embodied Selves: Rethinking Aging Men’s Relationships with their Changing Bodies;57
12;4 An Historical and Cultural Analysis of Aging Men’s Sexualities in the UK;75
13;5 Learning to Live with Parkinson’s and ‘An Unpredictable Body’ as an Aging Man: An Investigation into Age, Masculine Identity and Disability;108
14;6 The Challenges and Opportunities of Aging Men’s Spousal Caregiving;121
15;7 Learning the Hidden Skills of Staying Alive: How do Some Aging Working-Class Men Survive the Processes of Aging?;141
16;8 Exploring Aging Men’s Embodied and Social Agency in a Free Market Economy Context;164
17;9 Conclusion;187
18;Notes;198
19;Bibliography;201
20;Index;211