Out of Time: The Pleasures and Perils of Ageing

Author(s): Lynne Segal

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A brave book with a polemical argument on the paradoxes, struggles and advantages of aging. "How old am I? Don't ask, don't tell." As the baby boomers approach their sixth or seventh decade, they are faced with new challenges and questions of politics and identity. In the footsteps of Simone de Beauvoir, "Out of Time" looks at many of the issues facing the aged--the war of the generations and baby-boomer bashing, the politics of desire, the diminished situation of the older woman, the space on the left for the presence and resistance of the old, the problems of dealing with loss and mortality, and how to find victory in survival.

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"An international treasure ... her beautifully written, deeply engrossing work ... will inspire new generations."--Barbara Ehrenreich "Unique capacity for clarity and wit, along with her courage of intellect."--Sheila Rowbotham "One of the most capacious readers of feminism and sexuality studies I have ever encountered."--Judith Butler "Passionate, lucid, and shockingly candid ... a clarion call to those who see feminism as a redundant cause."--Helen Walsh

Lynne Segal is Anniversary Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies in the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck College. Her books include "Is the Future Female? Troubled Thoughts on Contemporary Feminism"; "Slow Motion: Changing Masculinities, Changing Men"; and" Straight Sex: Rethinking the Politics of Pleasure." She co-wrote "Beyond the Fragments: Feminism and the Making of Socialism" with Sheila Rowbotham and Hilary Wainwright.

General Fields

  • : 9781781681398
  • : Verso Books
  • : Verso Books
  • : 01 October 2013
  • : 210mm X 140mm
  • : 01 November 2013
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Lynne Segal
  • : Hardback
  • : 320