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Record Nr.

UNINA9910252703203321

Autore

Robinson Peter

Titolo

Gay Men’s Working Lives, Retirement and Old Age [[electronic resource] /] / by Peter Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

1-137-43532-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVIII, 291 p.)

Collana

Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences

Disciplina

306.7662

Soggetti

Sociology

Industrial sociology

Social groups

Family

Ethnology

Gender Studies

Sociology of Work

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Social Anthropology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Content and scope -- Chapter 2: Working lives of men aged 60 and older; Chapter 3: Working lives of men aged 45–60 -- Chapter 4 Working lives of men aged 45 and younger -- Chapter 5: Old age fears or concerns -- Chapter 6: Old age plans -- Chapter 7: Conclusion -- .

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the working lives, retirement plans, and old age experiences of three generations of gay men born 1924–86. It draws on data collected from interviews with 82 men in Australia, England, New Zealand, and USA. The first half of the book concentrates on the men’s working lives, while the second half of the book explores the interviewees’ concerns about old age and retirement. The author analyses the men’s contrasting stories, highlighting key generational differences in their experience of being ‘out’ in the workplace and the dominant work narratives which emerge in each age group. This



important work will have cross-disciplinary appeal to scholars of sociology, gerontology, health sciences, gender, queer, and gay and lesbian studies, as well as practitioners.