Love stories of later life : a narrative approach to understanding romance / / Amanda Smith Barusch
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| Autore: |
Barusch Amanda Smith
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| Titolo: |
Love stories of later life : a narrative approach to understanding romance / / Amanda Smith Barusch
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.7084/60973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Love in old age |
| Old age - Social aspects | |
| Note generali: | Formerly CIP. |
| Previously issued in print: 2008. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-215) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Introduction: Love Stories of Later Life; Part I: Love and Aging; 1 Understanding Love: Theory and Research; 2 The Aging Self; Part II: Love's Illusions; 3 Infatuation: A Madness Most Discreet; 4 Looking for Love; Part III: Lived Love; 5 A Kind of Settled Bliss: Romance in Committed Relationships; 6 Supporting Actors: Family, Friends, and Community; Part IV: Love's Disillusions; 7 Betrayal and Rejection; 8 Love Lost; Conclusion: The Romantic Imagination; Appendix A: Love in the Literature; Appendix B: The Research in Detail; Notes; Index; |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The author presents original research into what love and romance mean in older people's lives. The result is a glimpse into a world many people didn't know existed, that of romantic love in later life. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Love stories of later life |
| ISBN: | 0-19-029540-6 |
| 0-19-774244-0 | |
| 1-281-52916-8 | |
| 9786611529161 | |
| 0-19-971826-1 | |
| 1-4356-3335-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823984103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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