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The Lives of Older Lesbians Sexuality, Identity & the Life Course
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The Lives of Older Lesbians [electronic resource] : Sexuality, Identity & the Life Course / by Jane Traies.
ISBN
9781137556431
Publication
London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Physical Description
IX, 245 p. : online resource.
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Summary
This unique book sheds new light on the most invisible members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Hidden from view by a combination of prevailing cultural assumptions and their own unwillingness to be seen, older lesbians have been consistently under-represented in both popular culture and research. This ground-breaking study, based on an unprecedentedly large research sample of nearly four hundred lesbian-identified women between the ages of 60 and 90, offers a fascinating insight into the lives of older lesbians in the UK. Drawing on data from a comprehensive questionnaire survey and illustrated with vivid personal testimonies, it explores both the diversity and the distinct collective identity of the older lesbian community, arguing that understanding their past experience is crucial to providing for their needs in the future. It is essential reading for scholars in the fields of women’s studies and genders and sexualities, and will also appeal to sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, social and cultural historians, and experts in ageing, gerontology, nursing and social work. .
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 26, 2016
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: Finding Older Lesbians
Chapter 2. Hidden in Plain Sight: Home, Family and Relationships
Chapter 3. In and Out of the Closet: Community and Friendship
Chapter 4. Learning Difference: Childhood and Adolescence
Chapter 5. Finding a Place: Spaces of Liberation
Chapter 6. Gender and Politics: Butches, Femmes and Feminists
Chapter 7. Telling stories: ‘Suffering, Surviving and Surpassing’
Chapter 8. Looking Ahead: Older Lesbians Talk About the Future
Chapter 9. Conclusion: ‘Now You See Me…’.
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