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Ageing and new intimacies : gender, sexuality and temporality in an English salsa scene / Sarah Milton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milton, Sarah (Research fellow in medical anthropology), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older women--Great Britain--Social life and customs.
- Older women.
- Older women--Sexual behavior--Great Britain.
- Aging--Great Britain.
- Aging.
- Salsa (Dance)--Great Britain.
- Salsa (Dance).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (169 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- Drawing on ethnographic research in salsa classes and oral histories this book details the everyday practices of femininity, heterosexuality and 'new' intimacies among women in midlife. Challenging conventional notions of the baby boomers it draws attention to how these practices are classed and raced, emphasising the quest for 'respectability'.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction: revolutionary intimacies?
- Salsa and safe sensuality
- Memories, generations and multiple femininities
- Compatibility and contempt
- Glamour, hierarchical femininities and friendship
- Conclusion: (re)negotiating ageing, gender and sexuality
- Epilogue: updating dancing and dating
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print record.
- ISBN:
- 9781526185181
- 1526185180
- 9781526168078
- 1526168073
- 9781526168054
- 1526168057
- OCLC:
- 1427566679
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