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Book Synopsis
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.

Trade Review
"At last, an account of ageing intimacy that blows away stereotypes to engage with the complexities. A must-read for academics and those working with older people." Dr Paul Simpson, Edge Hill University

Table of Contents
Introduction; 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.

Intimacy and Ageing

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      Publisher Policy Press
      Published 21 June 2017
      ISBN-13 9781447326496
      978-1447326496
      ISBN-10 1447326490
      Also in:
      Age groups: the elderly / old age Social welfare, social policy and social services Society and culture: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      "At last, an account of ageing intimacy that blows away stereotypes to engage with the complexities. A must-read for academics and those working with older people." Dr Paul Simpson, Edge Hill University

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; 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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