ISBN:
9781560239796
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (234 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Gay Men at Midlife : Age Before Beauty
DDC:
305.244
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
"Those of us in our forties and fifties came of age in the 1960s and 1970s--a time when the available commentary on gay life was anything but supportive. Until 1973, homosexuality was a diagnosable mental illness." --from the Introduction by Alan L. EllisToday, that literary blindness is being remedied. Take an in-depth look into the lives of 15 gay men and how they relate to their own aging with Gay Men at Midlife: Age Before Beauty, a fascinating new book that explores and clarifies the issues that confront gay men as they age. What happens to gay men's lives when they reach middle age?The e
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; About the Editor; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction: The Beauty of Men; Notes; Chapter 2. A Vipassana Romance; Samsara; Awakening; Lila; Note; Chapter 3. Breaking Through; Note; Chapter 4. I'm Still Here; Chapter 5. Before a (Prospective) Visit to the Land of the Lotus Eaters; Chapter 6. Waking Up on the Other Side; Chapter 7. Calvin; Chapter 8. In the Center Ring; Chapter 9. Voyage to Ithaka; Notes; Chapter 10. Dutiful Son, Dutiful Friend; Chapter 11. The Choice; Chapter 12. Tesoro
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 13. This BodyChapter 14. Sense of Place; Community; My Father; Forty; Chapter 15. A Photograph; Chapter 16. Between the Living and the Leaving; Getting Ready; Aging; Sex; Love; Ending; Notes
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
