ISBN:
9780415189439
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (225 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Women Ageing : Changing Identities, Challenging Myths
DDC:
305.26082
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This volume is primarily concerned with the lives of adult women and discusses key themes of identity; myths and reality and managing change. The book looks at the influence of ethnicity and race, disability and sexual orientation
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Women Ageing; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1 Women ageing: changing identities, challenging myths; Introduction; Rethinking theory; Perspectives from critical gerontology; Feminist perspectives; The development of feminism; Biographical and life-course perspectives; The impact of these perspectives on our own work; About this book; Conclusion; 2 'Women's work' and the transition to retirement; Introduction; The study; 'Women's work'; Women don't retire…; Preparing for later life
Description / Table of Contents:
Conclusion: reflections on theory and practice3 Working carers: caring workers; Introduction; The demographics of care and employment; Identity of working carers; Myths and misconceptions; The experience of paid and unpaid caring; Discussion: developing a life-course perspective; 4 Our ageing selves: reflections on growing older; Introduction; Exploring the existing literature; Reflections on growing older; Looking forward; Our ageing selves; 5 Menopause: a time of private change to a mature identity; Introduction; Current discourses on menopause; Seeking to understand women's experiences
Description / Table of Contents:
Menopause as a time of changeRecognising the changing private self; Hiding from the public gaze; Conclusion; 6 Older women undergraduates: choices and challenges; Introduction; The study; The findings; Conclusion: combating the myths; 7 Women's voices in bereavement; Introduction; Women's voices in the theory of grief; Introduction; The experience of grief; Mid-life and older women's responses to loss; Women's coping styles; Discussion; Conclusion; 8 Widowhood in later life; Reviewing the literature; Theoretical perspectives; An alternative approach
Description / Table of Contents:
The diverse experience of later life widowhoodChallenging the stereotype; Conclusion; 9 Older women, long-term marriage and care; Introduction; Myself and my research; Examining the literature; The study; Concluding discussion; 10 Women ageing: changing policy, challenging practice; Introduction; Changing policy, challenging practice; Women researching: reflections on method; Women writing: reflections on the collaborative process; Women ageing: reflections on our own ageing; Conclusion: where to now?; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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