Age, Gender and Sexuality through the Life Course

Age, Gender and Sexuality through the Life Course argues that the gendered structure of temporality (defined in the dual sense of everyday time as well as age and stage of life) is a key factor underpinning the stalling of the gender revolution.

Susan Pickard is Reader in Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Liverpool, UK.

Acknowledgements Chapter One: Introduction: femininity and age, or, how time is not on our side Chapter Two: The rise and fall of the Girl in time Chapter Three: Structures of the female self Chapter Four: The Girl in time: everyday time, time of life and the structures of femininity Chapter Five: The self through time: feminine plots through the life course Chapter Six: Sex in time: sexual liberation - another stalled revolution Chapter Seven: Conclusion: imagining alternatives to the Girl in time References