Iacub / Simpson / Hafford-Letchfield Ageing, Sex and Disability

New Aesthetics and Critical Perspectives
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7598-2
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 304 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 Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Alterssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Brian de Vries

1. Introduction: Motives, themes, issues and chapter synopses - Ricardo Iacub, Paul Simpson and Trish Hafford- Letchfield

PART I: Identities

2. From new possibilities to late-onset affordances: reflections on lesbian experiences of ageing, disability and (non-)sex - Giulia Nazzaro, Nika Looman and Katrien De Graeve

3. Ageing, disability and sex: older lesbians ageing into physical disability - Debra A. Harley

4. Old hen makes good broth: body practices, eroticism and disability in older binary trans women’s bodies - Cuauhtémoc Sánchez-Vega

PART II: Representations, spaces and cultures

5. ‘Vivas’: a look at female ageing through art-activism - Rosa Cattana

6. Aesthetics of eroticism in older people with dementia portrayed in contemporary cinema - Ricardo Iacub and 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 ageing

with/into disabilities - Jami McFarland

9. Decoding the sexual aesthetics of illness, disability and later life: towards a Marxist critique - Paul Reynolds

PART III: Law, policies and practices

10. Sexuality and folly in old age: how far do rights go? - María 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)

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.

Reynolds, Paul
Paul Reynolds is Associate Lecturer at The Open University.

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.

Nazzaro, Giulia
Giulia Nazzaro is an anthropologist and postdoctoral researcher in the LiLI project at Ghent University.

De Graeve, Katrien
Katrien De Graeve is Associate Professor in Gender Studies and PI of the ERC-funded project Later-in-Life Intimacies (LiLI) at Ghent University.

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

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

Ricardo Iacub is Professor of Psychology of Ageing at the University of Buenos Aires.

Paul Simpson is an Honorary Research Fellow, Sociology, at the University of Manchester.

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