Older Widows and the Lifecourse: Multiple Narratives of Hidden Lives
Later-life widowhood is the expectation of most older wives, since statistically women live longer than men and tend to marry men older than themselves. Despite this there has been little coverage of the complexities of later-life widowhood. In this book Pat Chambers redresses this balance, combining an analysis of the literature that does exist with qualitative research amongst older widows.
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Chambers (Keele U., UK) combines an analysis of existing literature with her own research among older widows. Her extensive interviews with 20 women reveal an experience of widowhood that is more multi- faceted than generally believed. In examining the women's perspectives on family, friends and their own lives, Chambers develops the concept of "multiple narratives" as a way of uncovering the complex and often hidden lives of older widows. She argues that these women's needs can only be addressed through an understanding of that complexity. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
1Introduction : the experience of later life widowhood12Becoming and being an older widow93The social world of older widows334Conceptualising and re-conceptualising widowhood525Researching later life widowhood666Out in the field917Twenty older widows1078Me, myself1219History and me14410Me and my social world16411Me now19012Multiple narratives of later life widowhood22613Reflecting24314Conclusion264
