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Zest for Life
Jennifer Kelly
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Description for Zest for Life
Paperback. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Zest for Life draws on lesbians’ 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 ... Read more
Zest for Life draws on lesbians’ 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
Number of Pages
235
Place of Publication
, Australia
ISBN
9781876756468
SKU
V9781876756468
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About Jennifer Kelly
Jennifer Kelly is a Registered Nurse and Midwife. She holds a Bachelor of Nursing, Graduate Diploma of Education (Adult), Master of Arts (Women's Studies) and a Ph.D. Her doctoral thesis examined lesbians' experiences of menopause and was the first Australian study on this topic. She has worked for many years in women's health.
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