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| The gendered construction of elderly marriage, 1900-1950 | | Author(s) | James G Snell |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 12, no 4, Winter 1993 |
| Pages | pp 509-523 |
| Keywords | Marriage ; Older men ; Older women ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Pensions ; Social policy ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Current gerontological literature argues that a renegotiation of spousal roles and relative power occurs in elderly marriages. This literature fails to take account of structural factors inhibiting change in the gendered construction of marriage and ageing. An examination of state policies in the 1930s and 1940s regarding the Canadian old age pension programme reveals a systematic and often conscious bias in favour of applying the programme in such a way that the traditional, gendered hierarchy of power was maintained in marriages of older people. Some older people responded by altering their marital behaviour to take most advantage of the character of the state policies. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-970821221 A |
| Classmark | SL: BC: BD: TOB: JJ: TM2: 7S |
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