Women over 50 (eBook)
XIV, 206 Seiten
Springer US (Verlag)
978-0-387-46341-4 (ISBN)
Women over 50: Psychological Perspectives analyzes the challenges, benefits, coping strategies, problems, and accomplishments associated with the midlife experience. Ten chapters present the state of research (and correct longstanding myths) regarding significant aspects of middle-aged women's lives:
Mind-body: illness, body image, exercise
Love, romance, and sexuality
Friendship and support systems
"The sandwich generation"
Re-creating the role of grandmothers
Retirement and financial stability
Using personal empowerment to empower others
Quality of life and future directions
Women over 50 bridges a major knowledge gap in the feminist-psychology literature, making it an essential resource for clinicians and advanced students. It balances optimism and realism about older women’s lives—and younger women’s futures.
Joan C. Chrisler is Professor of Psychology at Connecticut College, where she teaches courses on the psychology of women and health psychology. She has published dozens of journal articles and book chapters on women's health and embodiment, and she is particularly known for her work on menstruation and menopause, autoimmune disorders, body image, weight, and eating disorders. She has served as Editor of Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, and among her previous books are From Menarche to Menopause: The Female Body in Feminist Therapy, Lectures on the Psychology of Women, and Arming Athena: Career Strategies for Women in Academe.Varda Muhlbauer is a senior Lecturer in the Department of Management and Business Administration at the Academic College of Netanya, Israel. She has worked extensively over many years in teaching, researching, and consulting regarding women's issues from a feminist perspective. She was among the initiators of a pioneering center in Israel that conducted programs designed to advance women in the workplace and to aid women in distress. The center was based on principles of feminist social psychology and utilized cognitive-behavioral interventions.
Preface
Mary Gergen Introduction
Varda Muhlbauer and Joan C. Chrisler 1. Body Image Issues of Women over 50
Joan C. Chrisler 2. Women and Sex at Midlife: Desire, Definition, and Diversity
Maureen C. McHugh 3. Living Longer, Healthier Lives
Susan D. Lonborg and Cheryl B. Travis 4. On the Move: Exercise, Leisure Activities, and Midlife Women
Ruth L. Hall 5. The Well-being and Quality of Life of Women over 50: A Gendered Age Perspective
Varda Muhlbauer 6. Enjoying the Returns: Women's Friendships after 50
Suzanna M. Rose 7. Contemporary Midlife Grandparenthood
Liat Kulik 8. Women over 50: Caregiving Issues
Rosalie J. Ackerman and Martha E. Banks 9. Work and Retirement: Challenges and Opportunities for Women over 50
Judith A. Sugar 10. Empowerment: A Prime Time for Women over 50
Florence L. Denmark and Maria D. Klara
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.8.2007 |
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Verlagsort | Boston |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
Schlagworte | Age • aging • baby boomer • feminist • Gender • gendered-age identity • menopause • Midlife • Sex • Sexuality • stability • Stereotyp |
ISBN-10 | 0-387-46341-0 / 0387463410 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-387-46341-4 / 9780387463414 |
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