Midlife Geographies

Changing Lifecourses Across Generations, Spaces and Time
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5292-2887-8
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 142 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 268 g

In the 21st century, global demographics are rapidly changing, with a higher population of middle-aged people than ever before. As the ‘sandwich’ generation, people in midlife often experience significant work and intergenerational caring responsibilities, yet they are the subject of relatively little research.

This short, accessible book redresses the balance in offering a geographical approach to how people embody and claim space in midlife while analysing the influences of gender, class and location. The author considers midlife in varying sociocultural and geographical contexts, viewed through the lens of the global neoliberal shift.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lulle, Aija

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Erwachsenensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Midlife

2. Ways of Talking about Midlife

3. Midlife Transitions: Body and Work

4. Midlife Transitions: Home and Relationships

5. Geographies of Menopausing

6. Conclusions: Policy Focus

Über Autor(innen)

Aija Lulle is Associate Professor in the Department of Geographical and Historical Studies at the University of Eastern Finland. At the time of the research for this book, she was also affiliated with Riga Stradinš University as Senior Researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences. She is a prolific author and researcher on lifecourse, ageing and migration.