Intimacy and Ageing : New Relationships in Later Life /

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This timely book, part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, addresses the gap in knowledge about late life repartnering and provides a comprehensive map of the changing landscape of late life intimacy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bildtgård, Torbjörn (Author), Öberg, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Older people > Sexual behavior.
Love.
Intimacy (Psychology)
Aging > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intimacy and ageing in late modernity
  • The changing landscape of intimacy in later life
  • From marriage to alternative union forms
  • A life of relationships
  • Attitudes towards new romantic relationships
  • Initiation and development of new romantic relationships
  • A new partner as a resource for social support
  • Consequences for social network and support structures
  • Sex in an ideology of love
  • Time as a structuring condition for new intimate relationships in later life
  • Discussion
  • Methodological appendix.

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