Chapter
List of figures and tables
2. Intimacy and ageing in late modernity
The changing landscape of later life
The transformation of intimacy
Intimacy and cultural context
The importance of life phase: a developmental perspective
3. The changing landscape of intimacy in later life
The impact of the prolonged lifespan for envisioning new intimate futures
From ‘society of widows’ to ‘society of divorcees’
The grey divorce revolution
The gendered structure of the partner market
Changing venues for dating in later life
4. From marriage to alternative union forms
A smorgasbord of union forms
Are older people carriers of the ideals of marriage culture?
Are older people following the ideals of their times?
Are some union forms more adapted to later life?
A question of age, period or cohort?
5. A life of relationships
Relationship careers among older Swedes
Consequences of prior relationship dissolutions for late-life intimacy
Gendered experiences: continuity and change in repartnering
6. Attitudes towards new romantic relationships
7. Initiation and development of new romantic relationships
Unveiling negotiation and change in new late-life relationships
Relationship ideals in singlehood: Single Sally
From singlehood to LAT and beyond: LAT Lisa and Lars
From singlehood to cohabitation and beyond: Cohabiting Carl and Caroline
From singlehood to marriage and beyond: Married Mike and Martha
8. A new partner as a resource for social support
The gains of repartnering
9. Consequences for social network and support structures
The impact of life transitions on linked lives
Integration of social and filial networks
The partner as a key to autonomy
Restructuring the chain of interdependent lives
A hierarchy of dependencies
The social support network
10. Sex in an ideology of love
From an ideology of marriage to an ideology of love
The ideal of the consummate relationship
Sex in new late-life relationships
11. Time as a structuring condition for new intimate relationships in later life6
An existential theory of time
Post-(re)productive free time
The qualitative interview study
The quantitative questionnaire
Intimacy and ageing
：New relationships in later life
( Ageing in a Global Context )
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