A certain age : women growing older /: women growing older. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Marilyn Poole, Susan Feldman.
• Editors: Poole, Marilyn; Feldman, Susan, 1945-
• Contents: Contributors v; ; Preface ix; ; 1 Positioning Older Women 3; ; 2 Policy's black box: mass media, women and ageing 17; ; 3 Meanings of home in the lives of older women (and men) 36; ; 4 Mauve is an old woman's colour: women's visual representations of menopause 56; ; 5 Learning at the end of your life: A pedagogy of relocation 73; ; 6 It's a lovely feeling: older women's fitness programs 87; ; 7 Pebbles and Hugs: Older women in small business 101; ; 8 The improvised careers of older women: gendered ageism at work? 117; ; 9 Social capital, volunteerism and older women 134; ; 10 Making the most of my life: a conversation with Dot Peters 155; ; 11 No more dinners only lunches': Older widowed women relating to the world 165; ; 12 The ache of frequent farewells 182; ; 13 The expectation of love in older age: towards a sociology of intimacy193; ; Index 209
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.262; Older women -- Social conditions; Older women -- Social life and customs; Middle-aged women -- Social conditions; Middle-aged women -- Social life and customs
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000319477
• Related ISBNs: 9781000319095; 9781000319286; 9781003137146
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