Women in Later Life Exploring Race and Ethnicity

by Afshar, Haleh; Franks, Myfanwy; Maynard, Mary Ann; Wray, Sharon

• ISBN13: 9780335215256
• ISBN10: 0335215254
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

This volume is based on feminist qualitative research with older women, contextualised within current literature and debates in the field of social gerontology. The authors provide an overview of current knowledge and understanding about the circumstances and experiences of older people in relation to gender and ethnicity, and introduce some of the theoretical and methological issues concerned with this.Key features of the book include:An emphasis on the implications of gender and ethnicity in later lifeAn overview and context of current knowledge in the fieldEngagement of theoretical debates in terms of gender, ethnicity and later lifeEngagement with methodological debates in terms of researching gender, ethnicity and later lifeA focus on successful ageing and empowermentA perspective that comes from the views of older women themselves

Author Biography

Mary Maynard is Professor and Head of the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of York, UK Haleh Afshar is Professor in Politics and Women's Studies at the University of York, UK Myfanwy Franks is a researcher and writer on faith communities, ethnicity and gender Sharon Wray is Senior Lecturer in the School of Human and Health Sciences at the University of Huddersfield, UK

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vi
Introduction	p. 1
The lives of older women	p. 13
Studying older women: issues of theory and methodology	p. 30
Identities and life course events	p. 50
Family networks and the moral economy of kin	p. 73
Health and well-being	p. 96
Faith and identity	p. 117
Death, dying and widowhood	p. 140
Conclusions	p. 165
Bibliography	p. 171
Index	p. 194
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