Final reflections: themes on sex and intimacy in later life

Paul Simpson*, Paul Reynolds, Trish Hafford-Letchfield

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Abstract

This volume was curated to launch the book series Sex and Intimacy in Later Life and aims to provide a coherent, critical overview of scholarship focused on the identitarian and intersectional experience of the age, sex and sexuality. As identified in the chapter introducing this collection, it forms part of a broader intellectual project that aims to put sex back into sexuality. With such considerations in mind, we wanted to produce a text that demonstrates that this emerging field of knowledge (covering a relatively neglected set of cross-cutting concerns) contains some vibrant scholarship and is starting to set an agenda for research. Our hope is that such an agenda can be articulated into policy and practice that, in time, could help validate, support and enrich the sexual and intimate lives of older people.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSex and Diversity in Later Life
Subtitle of host publicationCritical Perspectives
EditorsPaul Simpson, Paul Reynolds, Trish Hafford-Letchfield
Place of PublicationBristol
Pages217-229
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)9781447355427
Publication statusPublished - 18 May 2021

Publication series

NameSex and Intimacy in Later Life
PublisherPolicy Press
Volume1

Keywords

  • reflections
  • sex
  • Intimacy
  • later life
  • elderly
  • ageing
  • older people

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