| Description |
1 online resource (160 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; About the Editor; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction: The Beauty of Men; Notes; Chapter 2. A Vipassana Romance; Samsara; Awakening; Lila; Note; Chapter 3. Breaking Through; Note; Chapter 4. I'm Still Here; Chapter 5. Before a (Prospective) Visit to the Land of the Lotus Eaters; Chapter 6. Waking Up on the Other Side; Chapter 7. Calvin; Chapter 8. In the Center Ring; Chapter 9. Voyage to Ithaka; Notes; Chapter 10. Dutiful Son, Dutiful Friend; Chapter 11. The Choice; Chapter 12. Tesoro |
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Chapter 13. This BodyChapter 14. Sense of Place; Community; My Father; Forty; Chapter 15. A Photograph; Chapter 16. Between the Living and the Leaving; Getting Ready; Aging; Sex; Love; Ending; Notes |
| Summary |
"Those of us in our forties and fifties came of age in the 1960s and 1970s--a time when the available commentary on gay life was anything but supportive. Until 1973, homosexuality was a diagnosable mental illness."--The Introduction by Alan L. EllisToday, that literary blindness is being remedied. Take an in-depth look into the lives of 15 gay men and how they relate to their own aging with Gay Men at Midlife: Age Before Beauty, a fascinating new book that explores and clarifies the issues that confront gay men as they age. What happens to gay men's lives when they re |
| Notes |
Originally published by Harrington Park Press |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 18, 2014) |
| Subject |
Middle-aged gay men -- Attitudes
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Middle-aged gay men -- Psychology
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Middle-aged gay men -- Mortality
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Self-esteem in men.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Logic.
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Middle-aged gay men -- Attitudes
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Middle-aged gay men -- Psychology
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Self-esteem in men
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ellis, Alan, 1957-
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| ISBN |
9781317765820 |
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1317765826 |
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9781315801537 |
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1315801531 |
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9781317765837 |
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1317765834 |
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