Gay Men's Working Lives, Retirement and Old Age
von: Peter Robinson
Palgrave Macmillan, 2017
ISBN: 9781137435323
Sprache: Englisch
291 Seiten, Download: 2661 KB
Format: PDF, auch als Online-Lesen
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| Foreword | 7 | ||
| Acknowledgements | 14 | ||
| Contents | 16 | ||
| 1 Scope and Content | 18 | ||
| Introduction | 18 | ||
| Language, Terminology | 21 | ||
| Three Age Cohorts | 22 | ||
| Old Cohort | 24 | ||
| Middle Cohort | 25 | ||
| Young Cohort | 27 | ||
| Narrative Analysis | 28 | ||
| Understanding Work | 30 | ||
| Sex and Work | 32 | ||
| Ageing | 37 | ||
| Chapter Outlines | 39 | ||
| References | 48 | ||
| 2 Working Lives of Men Aged 60 and Older | 53 | ||
| Introduction | 53 | ||
| Work Narratives | 56 | ||
| Work as Work | 58 | ||
| Care or Creative Work | 66 | ||
| Creativity | 68 | ||
| Social or Political Change | 71 | ||
| Being ‘Out’ at Work | 74 | ||
| Conclusion | 87 | ||
| References | 96 | ||
| 3 Working Lives of Men Aged 45–60 | 100 | ||
| Introduction | 100 | ||
| Work Narratives | 102 | ||
| Care Work | 104 | ||
| Travel | 111 | ||
| Travel Work | 112 | ||
| Love Travel | 115 | ||
| Work-as-Work | 118 | ||
| Social or Political Change | 121 | ||
| Being ‘Out’ at Work | 125 | ||
| Conclusion | 129 | ||
| References | 137 | ||
| 4 Working Lives of Men Aged 45 and Younger | 140 | ||
| Introduction | 140 | ||
| Work Narratives | 142 | ||
| Creativity | 143 | ||
| Care | 149 | ||
| Social or Political Change | 154 | ||
| Work-as-Work | 158 | ||
| Travel | 161 | ||
| Being ‘Out’ at Work | 163 | ||
| Conclusion | 170 | ||
| References | 174 | ||
| 5 Old-Age Fears or Concerns | 176 | ||
| Introduction | 176 | ||
| Fears or Concerns by Age Cohort | 178 | ||
| Old Cohort | 179 | ||
| Home Care | 179 | ||
| Aged Accommodation | 180 | ||
| Social Isolation | 184 | ||
| Death as Social Isolation | 186 | ||
| Middle Cohort | 187 | ||
| Home Care | 189 | ||
| Aged Accommodation | 192 | ||
| Social Isolation | 196 | ||
| Identity, Sex and Class | 200 | ||
| Family and Friends | 203 | ||
| Young Cohort | 205 | ||
| Home Care | 206 | ||
| Aged Accommodation | 211 | ||
| Social Isolation | 215 | ||
| Conclusion | 219 | ||
| References | 227 | ||
| 6 Old Age Plans | 230 | ||
| Introduction | 230 | ||
| Old-Age Plans by Cohort | 234 | ||
| Old Cohort | 235 | ||
| No Plans to Retire | 235 | ||
| Retired with Sketchy Plans | 239 | ||
| Retired with Structured Plans | 242 | ||
| Middle Cohort | 245 | ||
| Sketchy Plans | 246 | ||
| Structured Plans | 248 | ||
| Young Cohort | 253 | ||
| Sketchy or no Plans | 254 | ||
| Structured Plans | 258 | ||
| Conclusion | 259 | ||
| References | 265 | ||
| 7 Conclusion | 267 | ||
| References | 279 | ||
| Appendix 1 | 281 | ||
| Appendix 2 | 282 | ||
| Appendix 3 | 283 | ||
| Appendix 4 | 284 | ||
| Appendix 5 | 287 | ||
| Appendix 6 | 289 | ||
| Appendix 7: Roger Horton’s Article on his Time in the Australian Army | 290 | ||
| Job Description: Infantry Soldier—Australian Regular Army | 290 | ||
| Index | 296 |