Love stories of later life : a narrative approach to understanding romance

Love stories of later life : a narrative approach to understanding romance / Amanda Smith Barusch.

Introduction: Love in Later Life. Part 1: Love and Age. 1. Understanding Love. 2. The Aging Self. Part 2: Love's Illusions. 3. Infatuation. 4. Looking for Love. Part 3: Lived Love. 5. Committed Relationships. 6. Supporting Actors: Family, Friends, and Community. Part 4: Love's Disillusions...

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Main Author: Barusch, Amanda Smith
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Love in old age.
Old age > Social aspects.
PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality.
SELF-HELP > Sexual Instruction.
Love in old age
Old age > Social aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Love Stories of Later Life; Part I: Love and Aging; 1 Understanding Love: Theory and Research; 2 The Aging Self; Part II: Love's Illusions; 3 Infatuation: A Madness Most Discreet; 4 Looking for Love; Part III: Lived Love; 5 A Kind of Settled Bliss: Romance in Committed Relationships; 6 Supporting Actors: Family, Friends, and Community; Part IV: Love's Disillusions; 7 Betrayal and Rejection; 8 Love Lost; Conclusion: The Romantic Imagination; Appendix A: Love in the Literature; Appendix B: The Research in Detail; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O.

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