Older Widows and the Life Course Multiple Narratives of Hidden Lives |
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| Author:
| Chambers, Pat |
| Series title: | New Perspectives on Ageing and Later Life Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7546-4001-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2005 |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $124.95 |
Book Description:
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Later-life widowhood is the expectation of most older wives, since statistically women live longer than men and tend to marry men older than themselves. Despite this there has been little coverage of the complexities of later-life widowhood. In this book Pat Chambers redresses this balance, combining an analysis of the literature that does exist with qualitative research amongst older widows.
Later-life widowhood is the expectation of most older wives, since statistically women live longer than men and tend to marry men older than themselves. Despite this there has been little coverage of the complexities of later-life widowhood. In this book Pat Chambers redresses this balance, combining an analysis of the literature that does exist with qualitative research amongst older widows.