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Queer aging : the gayby boomers and a new frontier for gerontology / Jesus Ramirez-Valles

Author
Ramirez-Valles, Jesus
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Queering Gerontology: An Introduction -- 2.Stan: "If I'm Left, Then I Have to Be the Best Little Gay Boy Ever" -- 3.Anthony: "There Has to Be Something Else to This" -- 4.Marvin: "I Learned Very Early That It's Not Just about Being Gay" -- 5.Robert: "I'm a Pusher and I Don't Like to Hear the Word No" -- 6.Ramiro: "My Family Is Really My Gay Friends" -- 7.Grand: "I Am a Humanitarian" -- 8.Charlie: "Being Older and Being by Yourself" -- 9.Adam: "Age Is Just a Number; I Don't Necessarily Put Much Stock in It" -- 10.Jesse: "I Am a Chameleon; I Adapt to Whatever You Throw Me Into" -- 11.Louis: "I'm Always Meeting the Underdog People" -- 12.Jimmy: "The Party Came to a Crashing End" -- 13.The Praxis of Queer Gerontology.
Summary
'Queer Aging' comprises scholar Jesus Ramirez-Valles's probing conversations with 11 racially and economically diverse representatives of this pioneering generation of gay men - the gayby boomers.
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9780190276379 (ebook)
Audience Notes
Specialized.
Note
Previously issued in print: 2016.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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