Intersections of Ageing, Gender and Sexualities: Multidisciplinary International Perspectives (Ageing in a Global Context) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447343379 ISBN 13: 9781447343370

Publisher: Policy Press, 2020

Synopsis

This edited collection examines ageing, gender, and sexualities from multidisciplinary and geographically diverse perspectives and looks at how these factors combine with other social divisions to affect experiences of ageing.

About this title

About the Authors

Julie Fish is Professor of Social Work and Health Inequalities at De Montfort University. She has conducted research in this field funded by the ESRC and the Department of Health and published numerous academic articles. She was a joint convenors of the Social Work and Health Inequalities Network (SWHIN) 2010-2014.

Toni Calasanti is Professor of Sociology at Virginia Tech.

Andrew King is Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey where he is also Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender.

Kathryn Almack is Professor of Health and Family Lives at the University of Hertfordshire. Her research has included a focus on LGBT older people, ageing and end of life care.

Rebecca Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Health at The Open University. She researches ageing, sexuality across the life course and especially sexuality in later life.

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447343379
• ISBN 13: 9781447343370
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: King Andrew