Exploring Aging Masculinities (eBook)

David Jackson is an independent researcher and a member of the Nottingham Pensioners' Action Group. Over the last fifteen years he has focused on aging men's issues, and has set up aging men's groups and, with others, a memory work group. He has also written Unmasking Masculinity: A Critical Autobiography and Challenging Macho Values: Practical Ways of Working with Adolescent Boys (with Jonathan Salisbury).

Cover 1
Half-Title 2
Title 4
Copyright 5
Contents 6
Foreword: Research with Older Men, Slowly 7
Preface 10
Acknowledgements 18
1 Introduction 20
2 Research Methodology 46
3 Aging Men’s Embodied Selves: Rethinking Aging Men’s Relationships with their Changing Bodies 57
4 An Historical and Cultural Analysis of Aging Men’s Sexualities in the UK 75
5 Learning to Live with Parkinson’s and ‘An Unpredictable Body’ as an Aging Man: An Investigation into Age, Masculine Identity and Disability 108
6 The Challenges and Opportunities of Aging Men’s Spousal Caregiving 121
7 Learning the Hidden Skills of Staying Alive: How do Some Aging Working-Class Men Survive the Processes of Aging? 141
8 Exploring Aging Men’s Embodied and Social Agency in a Free Market Economy Context 164
9 Conclusion 187
Notes 198
Bibliography 201
Index 211