Book
Queer agingJesus Ramirez-Valles

Queer aging

2016225 pages
Be the first to rate
1 edition
Nonfiction

Track this book

You choose which shelves are public. Progress and read dates stay yours.
Sign up to track
Add to list

About

"As the first generation of gay men enters its autumn years, these men's responses to the physical and emotional tolls of aging promise to be as revolutionary as their advances in AIDS and civil rights activism. Older gay men's approaches to friendship, caregiving, romantic and sexual relationships, illness, and bereavement is upending conventional wisdom regarding the aging process, LGBTQ communities, and the entire field of gerontology. QUEER AGING comprises scholar Jesus Ramirez-Valles's probing conversations with 11 racially and economically diverse representatives of this pioneering…

Reviews

Rating integrity

Healthy
Counted ratings come from accounts older than 7 days and were made on or after publication. Finished readers weigh ×1.0. Readers who have not finished yet weigh ×0.5. Did-not-finish ratings are shown but not counted.

Editions

1 edition
  • Other · English · 2016
    Oxford University Press · 225 pages · 9780190276348
Older gaysAgingSocial aspectsCareGaysMEDICALPublic HealthGeriatrics