Description
Book SynopsisThis 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 ContentsIntroduction; 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.
