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By Himself

Name: By Himself
Brand: University Of Toronto Press
SKU: 9781442641099
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The Older Man's Experience of Widowhood

Autor: Deborah K. van den Hoonaard

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Editura: University Of Toronto Press

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What happens when older men become widowers? Popular books, movies, and television present widowers...

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Autor

Deborah K. van den Hoonaard

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2010

Pagini

176

EAN

9781442641099

ISBN

1442641096

Enbook ID

04797474

Editura

University Of Toronto Press

Greutate

480

Dimensiuni

159 x 236 x 22

Descriere completă

What happens when older men become widowers? Popular books, movies, and television present widowers as lost and unable to cope or care for themselves. These stereotypes do not encapsulate the experiences of real widowers, how their daily lives change, and what being a widower means to individuals in both sociological and practical ways. By Himself is based on in-depth interviews with twenty-six widowers over the age of sixty living in the United States and Canada. Using these interviews, Deborah K. van den Hoonaard explores masculine identity and traces the stories that widowers tell about their wives' illnesses and deaths. She also focuses on the widowers' changed relationships with their children and friends, as well as with women, and details the men's encounters with tasks such as housework and cooking. An eminently readable and accessible book, By Himself sheds new light on the social meaning of being a widower.