Men, Masculinities, and Aging (eBook)

The Gendered Lives of Older Men

Jr. Edward H. Thompson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
272 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-7856-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Men, Masculinities, and Aging explores the intersections of generations, class, geographies, and masculinities. It offers a fresh perspective on men’s experiences with bodily aging, growing older within ageist societies, and navigating the virtual absence of cultural guidelines for being an old man.

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Men, Masculinities, and Aging introduces readers to the gendered nature of aging men's lives. Edward H. Thompson, noted for his work on men and aging, explores the intersections of ethnicities, class, geographies, generations, and masculinities. The book offers a fresh perspective on men's experiences with bodily aging, growing older in an ageist society, and navigating the virtual absence of cultural guidelines for being an aging man. The book also provides a sociological theory framework on how men navigate their social aging as they experience later life and very late life. Turning points such as grandfathering, the changeover from work to retirement, and the onset of health problems or becoming a career are discussed at length as Thompson frames these natural occurrences as now ordinary experiences as aging masculinities are no longer rarities. The book will provide educators, students, researchers, and practitioners a means to question standard assumptions about aging men and discuss what underlies most later-life masculinities.

Autor

Edward H. Thompson, Jr. is professor emeritus of sociology at the College of Holy Cross. He is noted for his research on gender relations and family life and is the author or editor of several books, including Older Men’s Lives, Men as Caregivers, and A Man’s Guide to Healthy Aging. He is active in the Gerontological Society of America.

Inhalt

Introduction I: Masculinities and Aging1 Masculinities 2 Negotiating Age Relations and Aging 3 Aging Bodies: Our Corporeality 4 Bodies, Habitus, and Age II: Health as Men Age5 Wrestling with Aging 6 Health Inequalities 7 Sexual Health III: Social Worlds of Old Men8 Social Relationships 9 Intimacies and Sexuality 10 Caring 11 Facing Later Life as an Old Widower 12 Late Life and Its Fourth Age Culture Epilogue ReferencesAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.9.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Diversity and Aging
• Zusatzinfo: 3 Illustrations including: - 2 Black & White Illustrations; - 1 Halftones, Color including Color Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: aging • Class • Ethnicity • Gender • Masculinity • Men • Society
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-7856-0 / 1442278560
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-7856-1 / 9781442278561