Sex and Intimacy in Later Life
- 240 pages
- English
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Sex and Intimacy in Later Life
About This Book
Literature on sex, intimacy and sexuality in later life has been heavily influenced by perspectives from more affluent regions, perpetuating the belief that the West is more sexually progressive and liberal than other cultures.
This book challenges this belief by exploring diverse cultures and perspectives from the majority world, which are often overlooked. It highlights the importance of learning from cultures in the global South and East, dismantling stereotypes that frame them as sexually conservative or inferior.
Variously drawing on structuralist, postcolonial and decolonial theory as well as social anthropology, the book critically examines binaries related to culture, age, sex and intimacy, highlighting the need to decentre Western perspectives as the benchmark while other cultures and practices are misunderstood.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Thanks and acknowledgements
- Table of Contents
- Notes on editors and contributors
- Series editorsâ introduction
- Foreword by Gayatri Reddy
- 1 Introduction to the volume: themes, issues and chapter synopses
- Part I In/visibility and ambivalence
- Part II Women questioning age/ing intergenerationally and intragenerationally
- Part III Agency through fantasy, erotic tales and pleasure
- Index