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At the threshold of retirement — from all-absorbing relations to self-actualization
Author(s)	Anna Lund
Journal title	Journal of Women and Aging, vol 29, no 4, 2017
Publisher	Taylor and Francis, 2017
Pages	pp 306-320
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Older women ; Preparation [retirement] ; Sexual equality ; Case studies ; Sweden.
Annotation	To investigate the complexities of the retirement process, this article draws on a case study of Eva, a Swedish woman who "awakened" from all-absorbing relations. It considers the ways in which retirement can enable liberation from patriarchal kinship structures and embodied values of respectability. The aim is to illuminate how deep, embodied values can become conscious and explicit during precarious life situations and transitional phases. The relation between the Swedish welfare state, an I-we balance, and gender equity values are illuminated. These analytical dimensions support the analysis, by providing insights into the ways in which individuals embody and use cultural and social structures when they aim to manage unpredictability and to create change toward self-actualisation. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-180112228 A
Classmark	BD: GA: TM8: 69P: 76P
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