Ageing, Sex, and Disability

New Aesthetics and Critical Perspectives
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7597-5
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Sex and Intimacy in Later Life

What if we reimagined ageing, illness and disability not as barriers to sexuality—but as starting points for new forms of desire, intimacy and pleasure?

This groundbreaking book challenges the silence and stigma surrounding the sexuality of older, ill and disabled people. Drawing from sociology, health studies, cultural theory and lived experience, the authors explore diverse expressions of sexuality that defy long-established views.

From queer ageing to sex work and legal rights, this collection offers bold, inclusive perspectives and policy ideas that centre pleasure, agency and dignity. A vital resource for academics, practitioners and anyone invested in social inclusion and justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Iacub, Ricardo

Simpson, Paul

Hafford-Letchfield, Trish

Weitere Mitwirkende

de Vries, Brian

Reynolds, Paul

Nazzaro, Giulia

Looman, Nika

De Graeve, Katrien

Cattana, Rose

Kleinfield, Elizabeth

McFarland, Jami

Isolina Dabove, Maria

Fabà Ribera, Josep

Posada Villar, Feliciano

Henrickson, Mark

Morgan, Patricia

Eastman, Mervyn

Sánchez, Cuauhtémoc

Harley, Debra

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Alterssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Brian de Vries

1. Introduction to the Volume: Motives, Themes, Issues and Chapter Synopses - Ricardo Iacub, Paul Simpson and Trish Hafford-Letchfield

2. From New Possibilities to Late Onset Affordances: Reflections on Lesbian Experiences of Ageing, Disability and (Non-)Sex - Giulia Nazzaro, Nika Looman, Katrien de Graeve

3. Old Hen Makes Good Broth: Body Practices, Eroticism and Disability in Older Binary Trans Women’s Bodies - Cuauhtémoc Sanchez-Vega

4. Ageing, Disability and Sex: Older Lesbians Aging Into Physical Disability - Debra Harley

5. “Vivas”: A Look at Female Aging from Art-Activism - Rose Cattana

6. Aesthetics of Eroticism in Older People with Dementia Portrayed in Contemporary Cinema - Ricardo Iacub, Paul Simpson

7. Cripping Sex as We Age: Caregiver Memoirs and Anti-Ableist Approaches to Sex - Elizabeth Kleinfeld

8. Sexy, Sick, Grand Daddies: Cultural Representations of Cross-Generational Intimacy and Older Gay Men Aging With/Into Disabilities - Jami McFarland

9. Decoding the Sexual Aesthetics of Illness, Disability and Later Life: Towards a Marxist Critique - Paul Reynolds

10. Sexuality and Folly in Old Age: How Far Do Rights Go? - Maria Isolina Dabove

11. Sexuality and Dementia: Navigating a Grey Area - Josep Fabà and Feliciano Villar

12. Coming with Heart: Sex Work with Older and Disabled People - Mark Henrickson and Patricia Morgan

13. Ageism, Gender Difference and Older Physically Disabled and Learning Disabled People as Sexual Citizens - Mervyn Eastman

14. Is There Sex After Incontinence in Later Life? Towards a New Aesthetic - Trish Hafford-Letchfield

15. Final Reflections and Overarching Themes: New Sexual Aesthetics and Older, Disabled People - Paul Simpson, Trish-Hafford-Letchfield and Ricardo Iacub

Über Autor(innen)

Hafford-Letchfield, Trish
Trish Hafford-Letchfield is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde.

Reynolds, Paul
Paul Reynolds is Co-Convenor of the International Network for Sexual Ethics and Politics (INSEP) and an associate lecturer with The Open University.

Henrickson, Mark
Mark Henrickson is Professor of Social Work at Massey University, New Zealand.

Simpson, Paul
Paul Simpson is Lecturer in Ageing at the University of Manchester.

Iacub, Ricardo
Ricardo Iacub is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Postgraduate Programme in the Psychology of Ageing at the University of Buenos Aires.

Harley, Debra
Debra A. Harley is Provost Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Early Childhood, Special Education and Counsellor Education at the University of Kentucky.

Ricardo Iacub is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Postgraduate Programme in the Psychology of Ageing at the University of Buenos Aires.

Paul Simpson is Lecturer in Ageing at the University of Manchester.

Trish Hafford-Letchfield is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde.