{"product_id":"intimacy-and-ageing-new-relationships-in-later-life-paperback","title":"Intimacy and Ageing: New Relationships in Later Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTorbjörn Bildtgård\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Öberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo begin new relationships in later life is increasingly common in large parts of the Western world. This timely book addresses the gap in knowledge about late life repartnering and provides a comprehensive map of the changing landscape of late life intimacy. Part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, the book examines the changing structural conditions of intimacy and ageing in late modernity. How do longer lives, changing norms and new technologies affect older people's relationship careers, their attitudes to repartnering and in the formation of new relationships? Which forms do these new unions take? What does a new intimate relationship offer older men and women and what are the consequences for social integration? What is the role and meaning of sex? By introducing a gains-perspective the book challenges stereotypes of old age as a period of loss and decline. It also challenges the image of older people as conservative, and instead presents them as an avant-garde that often experiment with new ways of being together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTorbjörn Bildtgård\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of sociology at Stockholm University, Sweden.\u003cb\u003e Peter Öberg\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of sociology in the Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies at the University of Gävle, Sweden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118761971847,"sku":"9781447326502","price":83.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e89433d6ab1f3a3ab13154a06a33978a.webp?v=1732536079","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/intimacy-and-ageing-new-relationships-in-later-life-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}