Ageing, the Body and the Gender Regime

This collection fills an important lacuna by acknowledging the importance of understanding both gender and age when approaching illness experiences.

Susan Pickard is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Soociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Liverpool. Jude Robinson is Professor in Health and Well-being at the Institute of Health and Well-being Social Sciences, University of Glasgow.

Introduction 1. Embodying gender in the everyday: exploring space, body-scrutiny and safety 2. Unscrambling Risk, Contesting Expertise: The Case of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine 3. Bodies and boundaries in three generations 4. Contested chronic conditions fused with medical uncertainty: gendered perspectives 5. Reclaiming Menopause 6. Beyond lipstick and woodwork. Why gender matters when living with dementia. 7. "MEN ARE NOT WOMEN": BIOMEDICINE AND THE (HETERO)SEXING OF AGEING BODIES 8. Toward an Intersectional Approach to Health in Later Life: Incorporating Age Relations 9. Reproducing gender and smoking 10. Femininity and frailty through the life course