A01=Sarah Milton
Author_Sarah Milton
Baby boomers
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ethnography
femininity
forthcoming
heterosexuality
intersectionality
midlife
oral history
race
Product details
- ISBN 9781526197856
- Weight: 205g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 23 Jun 2026
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book examines the romantic and intimate lives of the baby boom generation, often portrayed as pioneers of new ways of relating and family-making. As this cohort enters mid and later life, it is frequently claimed they are redefining ageing itself. Drawing on sensory ethnography in salsa classes and life-history interviews, the book explores women’s experiences of desire, romance, and renewed intimacies in midlife. Beginning with women at moments of transition—newly single or newly dating—it looks back over earlier relationships and forward to hopes for future connections. Their navigation of romance reveals the sensory and affective dimensions of heteronormativity and the gendered practices shaped by memory, generational expectations, and class. Challenging assumptions about baby boomers, the book highlights intersections of age, class, and white normativity, offering new insights into ageing, intimacy, and generation.
Sarah Milton is Senior Research Fellow in the Sociology of Health and Illness at King’s College London.
