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The Intersection of Age and Gender: Reworking Gender Theory and Social Gerontology

This article discusses the position of older women in gender theory and in social gerontology. It shows how older women are made invisible in gender theory through the selection of arenas and themes, by model monopoly and by a lack of problematization of age. In the social gerontological field, olde...

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Published in:	Current sociology 2007-03, Vol.55 (2), p.155-171
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