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Title: |
Zest for Life |
| Sub-title: |
Lesbians' Experiences of Menopause |
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| By (author): |
Jennifer Kelly |
| ISBN10-13: |
1876756462 : 9781876756468 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
140x215mm |
| Pages: |
235 |
| Weight: |
.210 Kg. |
| Published: |
Spinifex Press - April 2005 |
| List Price: |
16.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 3 |
| Subjects: |
Lesbian studies : Women's health |
| Zest for Life draws on lesbiansā experiences of menopause to highlight how lesbians, particularly at midlife, are invisibilised in society at large. Many writers and researchers have critically analysed the medical construction of menopause, yet even they fail to ask whether the issues are the same for lesbians. Zest for Life includes the voices of lesbians who tell us that despite lesbian invisibility and homophobia, many are resisting current standards that exclude them. The experiences of these women challenge negative, stereotypical views of menopause and add a new positive dimension to the presently narrow and medicalised view of women at midlife. An important uplifting book both for lesbians and heterosexual women as well as health professionals which shows that menopause need not be a time of despair. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Introduction; Lesbians, Body Image and Menopause; Sex and Sexuality at Menopause; Hormone Replacement Therapy; Health Services and Homophobia; 'There Are Always Different Issues': Lesbians' Unique Experiences of Menopause; Dual Vision: A Vision for Short-Term and Long-Term Change. |
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