New Book: Women over 50 Edited by Varda Muhlbauer and Joan C. Chrisler
Dear HumanDHS Friend!
Please see Women over 50: Psychological Perspectives, edited by our dear Global Advisory Board member Varda Muhlbauer, and Joan C. Chrisler.
And see the pictures of our meeting at
http://humiliationstudies.org/whoweare/evelinpics08.php.
Dear Varda!
Our warmest congratulations to this great book!
Most lovingly,
Evelin
Women over 50: Psychological Perspectives
Edited by Varda Muhlbauer, and Joan C. Chrisler
2007, XIV, 210 p. 9 illus., Hardcover
ISBN: 978-0-387-46340-7
Printed on demand, usually dispatched between 3 to 5 days
42,75 €
http://www.springer.com/psychology/psychology+general/book/978-0-387-46340-7
About this textbook
A woman’s middle age had traditionally been regarded as a time of loss and decline. But in the wake of the women’s movement and other societal and cultural events, a profound shift has taken place. Far from being marginalized, midlife women stand at the forefront of a great transformation of cultural perceptions and attitudes. They are rejecting stereotypes, embracing new opportunities, and forming what this important book terms “a new collective middle-aged identity.”
Women over 50: Psychological Perspectives analyzes the challenges, benefits, coping strategies, problems, and accomplishments associated with the midlife experience. Ten chapters present the state of research (and correct longstanding myths) regarding significant aspects of middle-aged women’s lives:
Mind-body: illness, body image, exercise
Love, romance, and sexuality
Friendship and support systems
“The sandwich generation”
Re-creating the role of grandmothers
Retirement and financial stability
Using personal empowerment to empower others
Quality of life and future directions
Women over 50 bridges a major knowledge gap in the feminist-psychology literature, making it an essential resource for clinicians and advanced students. It balances optimism and realism about older women’s lives—and younger women’s futures.
Written for:
Clinical psychologists, researchers in women’s studies; Upper-level graduate students in women’s studies and behavioral sciences courses
Keywords:
aging
baby boomer
feminist
gendered-age identity