Connection, Compromise, and Control
Canadian Women Discuss Midlife
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2008
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780195417937
- Publish Date
- Feb 2008
- List Price
- $99.99
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Description
This text provides discussion of the female life cycle based on in-depth interviews with 150 diverse women at various stages in their lives, including women from visible minorities, lesbians, women with disabilities, and women living in poverty. In this text, particular attention will be paid to issues of: baby boomers; the women's movement; work and economic security; caregiving; health and well-being; family and intimacy; and structure, culture, and agency. All the chapters underline the need for a new perspective that incorporates the historical and generational shifts in women's lives and their experience of aging.
About the authors
Nancy J. Mandell is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies.
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ANN DUFFY teaches in the Department of Sociology at Brock University and is the author of several books and essays.