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Intimacy and ageing : new relationships in later life / Torbjörn Bildtgård and Peter Öberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bildtgård, Torbjörn, author.
- Öberg, Peter, author.
- Series:
- Ageing in a global context.
- Ageing in a global context
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aging--Social aspects.
- Aging.
- Older people--Sexual behavior.
- Older people.
- Intimacy (Psychology).
- Love.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 212 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- This timely book, part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, addresses the gap in knowledge about late life repartnering and provides a comprehensive map of the changing landscape of late life intimacy.
- Contents:
- Intimacy and ageing in late modernity
- The changing landscape of intimacy in later life
- From marriage to alternative union forms
- A life of relationships
- Attitudes towards new romantic relationships
- Initiation and development of new romantic relationships
- A new partner as a resource for social support
- Consequences for social network and support structures
- Sex in an ideology of love
- Time as a structuring condition for new intimate relationships in later life
- Discussion
- Methodological appendix.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2022).
- ISBN:
- 9781447326533
- 1447326539
- 9781447326526
- 1447326520
- 9781447326519
- 1447326512
- OCLC:
- 1281934092
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