Background
Arber, Sara Lynne was born on March 19, 1949 in Chingford, Essex, England. Daughter of George and Kathleen Arber.
(This book is a follow-up to Arber and Ginn's award winnin...)
This book is a follow-up to Arber and Ginn's award winning Connecting Gender and Ageing (1995). It contains original chapters from eminent writers on gender and ageing, addressing newly emergent areas within gender and ageing, including gender identity and masculinity in later life. Early work on gender and ageing was dominated by a focus on older women. The present collection breaks with this tradition by emphasizing changing gender roles and relationships, gender identity and an examination of masculinities in midlife and later life. A key theme running through the book is the need to reconceptualize partnership status, in order to understand the implications for women and men of widowhood, divorce and new forms of relationships, such as Living Apart Together (LAT-relationships). Another is the influence of socio-economic circumstances on how ageing is experienced and transitions are negotiated. The book illustrates new ways of thinking about old age and indicates policy implications, especially concerning the nature of service provision for older people. It will change the ways in which social scientists conceptualize later life. Written with undergraduate students and researchers in mind, Gender and Ageing: Changing Roles and Relationships will be an invaluable text for those studying social gerontology, sociology of later life, gender studies, health and community care and social policy.
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Arber, Sara Lynne was born on March 19, 1949 in Chingford, Essex, England. Daughter of George and Kathleen Arber.
Bachelor of Science in Sociology, London School of Economics, 1972. Master of Science in Medical Sociology, University London, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, University Surrey, Guildford, England, 1991.
Professor Arber has previously held the position of President of the British Sociological Association (1999–2001) and Vice-President of the European Sociological Association (2005–2007). She is well known for her work on gender and ageing, inequalities in health and has pioneered research in the new field of sociology of sleep. She went onto postgraduate study at University of London and University of Michigan before joining the Sociology Department of the University of Surrey as a Lecturer in 1974.
Being made professor in 1994 she acted as Head of Department 1996–2002 and Head of School of Human Sciences 2001–2004.
As well as Presidency of the British Sociological Association she has also acted as President of the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Sociology of Ageing (2006–2010).
(Of the research conducted on, about, and for women, littl...)
(This book is a follow-up to Arber and Ginn's award winnin...)
Member Southwest Surrey District Health Authority, 1981-1989. Member social affairs committee Economic and Social Research Council, 1984-1987. Member British Sociological Association (treasurer 1988-1990, president 1999-2001), Royal Statistical Society, British Society Gerontology, Social Policy Association, Academy Social Sciences.
Married Geoffrey H. Herrington, August 28, 1979. Children: Andrea, Sian, David.
