Women and aging : an international, intersectional power perspective /

These are paradoxical times to be an older woman . As individual older women take the stage as role models in the arts and the public sphere, female elders as a group are marginalized as dependent, declining, and unimportant. Women and Aging surveys the evolving sociopolitical landscape in an era st...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Muhlbauer, Varda (Editor), Chrisler, Joan C. (Editor), Denmark, Florence L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Older Women, Power and the Body
  • Older women, Economic Power and Consumerism
  • The Impact of Multiple Roles on the Well-being of Older Women: Strain or Enrichment?
  • Older Women, Leadership and Encore Careers
  • Sexuality and Older Women: Desirability and Desire
  • Lesbians over 60: Newer Every Day
  • Clinical Interventions to Empower Older Women.