The 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.
- ISBN10 0759116970
- ISBN13 9780759116979
- Publish Date 28 August 2001 (first published 1 January 2001)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Altamira Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 248
- Language English