This book examines the romantic and intimate lives of the baby boom generation, often portrayed as pioneers of new ways of relating and family-making. As this cohort enters mid and later life, it is frequently claimed they are redefining ageing itself. Drawing on sensory ethnography in salsa classes and life-history interviews, the book explores women's experiences of desire, romance, and renewed intimacies in midlife.
Beginning with women at moments of transition-newly single or newly dating-it looks back over earlier relationships and forward to hopes for future connections. Their navigation of romance reveals the sensory and affective dimensions of heteronormativity and the gendered practices shaped by memory, generational expectations, and class. Challenging assumptions about baby boomers, the book highlights intersections of age, class, and white normativity, offering new insights into ageing, intimacy, and generation.
| ISBN: | 9781526197856 |
| Publication date: | 23rd June 2026 |
| Author: | Sarah Milton |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 168 pages |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology Age groups: the elderly Sociology: family and relationships |
This book examines the romantic and intimate lives of the baby boom generation, often portrayed as pioneers of new ways of relating and family-making. As this cohort enters mid and later life, it is frequently claimed they are redefining ageing itself.
Ageing and New Intimacies features in the following genres: Social and cultural anthropology, Age groups: the elderly, Sociology: family and relationships
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Ageing and New Intimacies was written by Sarah Milton and published by Manchester University Press
Ageing and New Intimacies has 168 pages
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