J Dianne Garner

Fundamentals of Feminist Gerontology (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Explore feminist ideals and advocacy for aging women in health care, home life, work, and retirement!Fundamentals of Feminist Gerontology strives to increase women's self-esteem and their overall quality of life by encouraging education and by putting a stop to age, sex, and race discrimination. As a student or professional in psychology, social work, or gerontology, you will learn about feminist conceptions of retirement, economic issues, psychological issues, and social issues and will explore studies on old age discrimination and devaluation and sexism toward women in Western societies to gain an understanding of the experiences of these women. This book also shows how some women are experiencing empowerment through alternative health care, such as mind-body therapies, homeopathy, aromatherapy, and herbal medicine and examines older women in the family context. Fundamentals of Feminist Gerontology will provide you with the tools to offer effective therapy to women to help them improve their own lives. For a complete list of contents, please visit our Web site at www.haworthpressinc.com.Using feminist practice approaches, Fundamentals of Feminist Gerontology gives you real-life situations and examples that will raise awareness of the issues that rob older women of the quality of life they deserve. Some of the vital issues and theories you will read about in Fundamentals of Feminist Gerontology include:women regaining control over their health careretirement and the economic issues that older women face when they retirethe role of children and grandchildren in the older woman's lifeunpaid work after retirement in the home and as a care providerolder women battling domestic violencefinancial and psychological issues of widowhoodspecial concerns of minority women and lesbians as they grow olderFundamentals of Feminist Gerontology presents new feminist knowledge and strategies to assist aging women in fully developing, enhancing, and enjoying their later years. You will discover a rich variety of theories and frameworks from a multitude of intellectual paradigms and political positions to enhance your professional practice with older women.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317826484
• Artikelnr.: 40438916

Autorenporträt

Garner, J Dianne

Inhaltsangabe

Contents * Oldest Camper (Ruth Harriet Jacobs
PhD) * Feminism and Feminist Gerontology (J. Dianne Garner
DSW) * Older Women and the Health Care System: A Time for Change (N. Jane McCandless
PhD and Francis P. Conner
ACSW) * Alternative Therapies and Empowerment of Older Women (Susan Gaylord
PhD) * Women and Retirement (Virginia E. Richardson
PhD) * Older Women
Their Children
and Grandchildren: A Feminist Perspective on Family Relationships (Karen A. Roberto
PhD
Katherine R. Allen
PhD
Rosemary Blieszner
PhD) * Working with Abused Older Women from a Feminist Perspective (Linda Vinton
PhD) * Working with Terminally Ill Older Women: Can a Feminist Perspective Add New Insight and Direction? (N. Jane McCandless
PhD
Francis P. Conner
ACSW) * Older Women of Color: A Feminist Exploration of the Intersections of Personal
Familial
and Community Life (Kate Conway-Turner
PhD) * Negating Identity: A Feminist Analysis of the Social Invisibility of Older Lesbians (Elise M. Fullmer
PhD
Dena Shenk
PhD
Lynette J. Eastland
PhD) * A Feminist Model of Family Care: Practice and Policy Directions (Nancy R. Hooyman
PhD
Judith G. Gonyea
PhD) * Researching to Transgress: The Need for Critical Feminism in Gerontology (Ruth E. Ray
PhD) * Conclusions (J. Dianne Garner
DSW) * Overhaul (Ruth Harriet Jacobs
PhD) * About the Contributors * Index