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Exploring Aging Masculinities

The Body, Sexuality and Social Lives

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  1. David Jackson

    1. UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • David Jackson
    Pages 1-26

  3. Research Methodology

    • David Jackson
    Pages 27-37

  4. Aging Men’s Embodied Selves: Rethinking Aging Men’s Relationships with their Changing Bodies

    • David Jackson
    Pages 38-55

  5. An Historical and Cultural Analysis of Aging Men’s Sexualities in the UK

    • David Jackson
    Pages 56-88

  6. Learning to Live with Parkinson’s and ‘An Unpredictable Body’ as an Aging Man: An Investigation into Age, Masculine Identity and Disability

    • David Jackson
    Pages 89-101

  7. The Challenges and Opportunities of Aging Men’s Spousal Caregiving

    • David Jackson
    Pages 102-121

  8. Learning the Hidden Skills of Staying Alive: How do Some Aging Working-Class Men Survive the Processes of Aging?

    • David Jackson
    Pages 122-144

  9. Exploring Aging Men’s Embodied and Social Agency in a Free Market Economy Context

    • David Jackson
    Pages 145-167

  10. Conclusion

    • David Jackson
    Pages 168-178

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 179-201
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About this book

This book explores the lived, embodied experiences of aging men as a counterpoint to the weary stereotypes often imposed on them. Conventionally, in Western cultures, they are seen as inevitably in decline. The book challenges these distorted images through a detailed analysis of aging men's life stories.

Reviews

"[This] book disrupts thinking and practice on men and masculinities, on age, class, gender and sexuality, and is important for policy and politics, for carers, professionals, and of course older people themselves and ourselves." - Jeff Hearn, Professor, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland; Örebro University, Sweden, and; University of Huddersfield, UK "[This] book disrupts thinking and practice on men and masculinities, on age, class, gender and sexuality, and is important for policy and politics, for carers, professionals, and of course older people themselves and ourselves." - Jeff Hearn, Professor, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland; Örebro University, Sweden, and; University of Huddersfield, UK

Authors and Affiliations

  • UK

    David Jackson

About the author

David Jackson is an independent researcher and a member of the Nottingham Pensioners' Action Group. Over the last fifteen years he has focused on aging men's issues, and has set up aging men's groups and, with others, a memory work group. He has also written Unmasking Masculinity: A Critical Autobiography and Challenging Macho Values: Practical Ways of Working with Adolescent Boys (with Jonathan Salisbury).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Exploring Aging Masculinities

  • Book Subtitle: The Body, Sexuality and Social Lives

  • Authors: David Jackson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137527578

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52756-1Published: 03 February 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-70781-2Published: 19 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52757-8Published: 31 May 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 201

  • Topics: Gender Studies, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Medical Sociology, Sociology, general

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