Ageing, the Body and the Gender Regime: Health, Illness and Disease Across the Life Course

Author:   Susan Pickard (University of Liverpool, UK) ,  Jude Robinson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032570556


Pages:   202
Publication Date:   31 May 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Susan Pickard (University of Liverpool, UK) ,  Jude Robinson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.320kg
ISBN:  

9781032570556


ISBN 10:   1032570555
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   31 May 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction 1. Embodying gender in the everyday: exploring space, body-scrutiny and safety 2. Unscrambling Risk, Contesting Expertise: The Case of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine 3. Bodies and boundaries in three generations 4. Contested chronic conditions fused with medical uncertainty: gendered perspectives 5. Reclaiming Menopause 6. Beyond lipstick and woodwork. Why gender matters when living with dementia. 7. “MEN ARE NOT WOMEN”: BIOMEDICINE AND THE (HETERO)SEXING OF AGEING BODIES 8. Toward an Intersectional Approach to Health in Later Life: Incorporating Age Relations 9. Reproducing gender and smoking 10. Femininity and frailty through the life course

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Susan Pickard is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Soociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Liverpool. Jude Robinson is Professor in Health and Well-being at the Institute of Health and Well-being Social Sciences, University of Glasgow.

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