Intimacy and ageing : new relationships in later life /
Bildtgård, Torbjörn,author.
Öberg, Peter,author.
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.
Originally published: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-202) and index.
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.
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.
Aging
Older people
Intimacy (Psychology)
Love.
Aging
Intimacy (Psychology)
Love.
Older people