While there has been a gradual increase in scholarship on men, ageing and masculinities, little attention has been paid to the social relations of men in later life and the implications for enhancing their social wellbeing and counteracting ageist discourse.


Bringing together scholars in social gerontology and the social sciences from across Global North and South nations, this collection fills the gaps in key texts by foregrounding older men’s experiences.


It provides new perspectives across the intersections of old age, ethnicities, class and sexual and gender identity, paying particular attention to older men from seldom heard or marginalised groups.

Contributions by: Ben Hicks, Damien Riggs, Charles Musselwhite, Catherine Elliott O'Dare, Ernesto Vasquez Del Aguila, Elisa Tiilikainen, Axel Ågren, Magnus Nilsson, Alex Vickery, Edward Thompson, Jr, Andrew Futterman, Lefteris Patlamazoglou, Tristan Snell, Janette Simmonds, Alvaro Lopes de Sousa, Artur Luz Nunes Queiroz, Anderson Reis de Sousa, Miranda Leontowitsch, Ojo Agunbiade, Leah Gilbert