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Intimacy and ageing : new relationships in later life / Torbjörn Bildtgård and Peter Öberg.

by Bildtgård, Torbjörn.

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Policy Press, 2018.

306.70846 B595i

Aging -- Social aspects.

Older people -- Sexual behavior.

Ageing in a global context.

9781447326502 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

New relationships in later life

ix, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

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