Contents

pp iii-iv

List of tables

pp v-v

Notes on contributors

pp vi-xi

Series editors’ preface

pp xii-xiv

1 - Critical debates and themes on ageing, masculinities and social relations

pp 1-16

Part I - Masculinities and social connections in later life

pp 17-18

2 - Exploring older men’s intergenerational friendships: masculinities, ageing and ageism

pp 19-34

3 - Generational masculinities: two generations of Chinese gay men in Hong Kong

pp 35-50

4 - Sexual health challenges, masculinity and responsive help-seeking among older Yoruba men in Ibadan, Nigeria

pp 51-68

5 - Sexuality ‘in apps’? Older men who have sex with men and their use of dating apps in Brazil

pp 69-87

6 - Mobility and the impact of the physical and built environment on older men’s social connections

pp 88-104

7 - Older men’s informal coping practices for maintaining mental wellbeing: the importance of social connections and community groups

pp 105-120

Part II - Ageing masculinities: transitions and transforming identities

pp 121-122

8 - Ageing men as changing men? Considering cultural and historical influences of the 1960s on masculinities and gender relations in later life

pp 123-138

9 - The social world of dying older men: between autonomy and ‘bad deaths’

pp 139-152

10 - Continuing bonds with deceased gay partners in mid and later life

pp 153-168

11 - Shaken identities: ageing men’s experiences of two gendered cancers

pp 169-187

12 - Narratives of long-term loneliness: case study of two older men

pp 188-201

13 - Supporting social inclusion in community-dwelling men with dementia

pp 202-217

14 - Future directions in studies of ageing, men and social relations

pp 218-224

Index

pp 225-233