Front matter -- Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction: revolutionary intimacies? -- Salsa and safe sensuality -- Memories, generations and multiple femininities -- Compatibility and contempt -- Glamour, hierarchical femininities and friendship -- Conclusion: (re)negotiating ageing, gender and sexuality -- Epilogue: updating dancing and dating -- References -- Index
Summary
Drawing on ethnographic research in salsa classes and oral histories this book details the everyday practices of femininity, heterosexuality and 'new' intimacies among women in midlife. Challenging conventional notions of the baby boomers it draws attention to how these practices are classed and raced, emphasising the quest for 'respectability'
