Ageing and new intimacies: Gender, sexuality and temporality in an English salsa scene

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 dati...