Gender, Social Inequalities, and AgingThe experience of men and women in later life varies enormously, not only along lines of gender but also due to ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, and race. In this text on gender issues among the aging, Calasanti and Slevin explore these differences, their genesis, their meaning to men and women, and their treatment in the policy arena. The authors also take to task traditional research on aging and how it ignores these issues. The authors cover topics of work and retirement, body image, sexuality, health, family relationships, and informal care, among many others. The current research and nuanced theoretical approach presented in this brief book makes it the ideal text to correct the stereotypic and monolithic views of the elderly for courses in gender or aging. |
Contents
V | 13 |
VI | 14 |
VII | 19 |
VIII | 27 |
IX | 29 |
X | 33 |
XI | 36 |
XII | 42 |
XXVII | 115 |
XXVIII | 121 |
XXIX | 124 |
XXX | 127 |
XXXI | 139 |
XXXII | 143 |
XXXIII | 144 |
XXXIV | 146 |
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Gender, Social Inequalities, and Aging Toni M. Calasanti,Kathleen F. Slevin No preview available - 2001 |
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