Gay Men's Working Lives, Retirement and Old Age (eBook)

Peter Robinson (Autor)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
XVIII, 300 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
9781137435323 (ISBN)

Infos

This book examines the working lives, retirement plans, and old age experiences of three generations of gay men born 1924-86. It draws on data collected from interviews with 82 men in Australia, England, New Zealand, and USA. The first half of the book concentrates on the men's working lives, while the second half of the book explores the interviewees' concerns about old age and retirement. The author analyses the men's contrasting stories, highlighting key generational differences in their experience of being 'out' in the workplace and the dominant work narratives which emerge in each age group. This important work will have cross-disciplinary appeal to scholars of sociology, gerontology, health sciences, gender, queer, and gay and lesbian studies, as well as practitioners.

Peter Robinson is Senior Lecturer in History and Sociology at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.

 

Inhalt

Foreword 7
Acknowledgements 14
Contents 16
1 Scope and Content 18
Introduction 18
Language, Terminology 21
Three Age Cohorts 22
Old Cohort 24
Middle Cohort 25
Young Cohort 27
Narrative Analysis 28
Understanding Work 30
Sex and Work 32
Ageing 37
Chapter Outlines 39
References 48
2 Working Lives of Men Aged 60 and Older 53
Introduction 53
Work Narratives 56
Work as Work 58
Care or Creative Work 66
Creativity 68
Social or Political Change 71
Being ‘Out’ at Work 74
Conclusion 87
References 96
3 Working Lives of Men Aged 45–60 100
Introduction 100
Work Narratives 102
Care Work 104
Travel 111
Travel Work 112
Love Travel 115
Work-as-Work 118
Social or Political Change 121
Being ‘Out’ at Work 125
Conclusion 129
References 137
4 Working Lives of Men Aged 45 and Younger 140
Introduction 140
Work Narratives 142
Creativity 143
Care 149
Social or Political Change 154
Work-as-Work 158
Travel 161
Being ‘Out’ at Work 163
Conclusion 170
References 174
5 Old-Age Fears or Concerns 176
Introduction 176
Fears or Concerns by Age Cohort 178
Old Cohort 179
Home Care 179
Aged Accommodation 180
Social Isolation 184
Death as Social Isolation 186
Middle Cohort 187
Home Care 189
Aged Accommodation 192
Social Isolation 196
Identity, Sex and Class 200
Family and Friends 203
Young Cohort 205
Home Care 206
Aged Accommodation 211
Social Isolation 215
Conclusion 219
References 227
6 Old Age Plans 230
Introduction 230
Old-Age Plans by Cohort 234
Old Cohort 235
No Plans to Retire 235
Retired with Sketchy Plans 239
Retired with Structured Plans 242
Middle Cohort 245
Sketchy Plans 246
Structured Plans 248
Young Cohort 253
Sketchy or no Plans 254
Structured Plans 258
Conclusion 259
References 265
7 Conclusion 267
References 279
Appendix 1 281
Appendix 2 282
Appendix 3 283
Appendix 4 284
Appendix 5 287
Appendix 6 289
Appendix 7: Roger Horton’s Article on his Time in the Australian Army 290
Job Description: Infantry Soldier—Australian Regular Army 290
Index 296

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.7.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences
• Reihe/Serie: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences
• Zusatzinfo: XVIII, 291 p.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: Ageing • baby boomer generation • casualisation of employment • gay community • gay-marriage • Gay men • Gerontology • GLB • HIV-AIDS • Homophobia • Pension • Privatisation • Retirement • Sexuality • sexuality and work • Welfare State • working lives • work narrative
• ISBN-13: 9781137435323 / 9781137435323