Women In Midlife

Author : Ada Calhoun
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 0802147860
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why We Can't Sleep written by Ada Calhoun and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed author explores the hidden crises of Gen X women in this “engaging hybrid of first-person confession, reportage [and] pop culture analysis” (The New Republic). Ada Calhoun was married with children and a good career—and yet she was miserable. She thought she had no right to complain until she realized how many other Generation X women felt the same way. What could be behind this troubling trend? To find out, Calhoun delved into housing costs, HR trends, credit card debt averages, and divorce data. At every turn, she saw that Gen X women were facing new problems as they entered middle age—problems that were being largely overlooked. Calhoun spoke with women across America who were part of the generation raised to “have it all.” She found that most were exhausted, terrified about money, under-employed, and overwhelmed. And instead of being heard, they were being told to lean in, take “me-time,” or make a chore chart to get their lives and homes in order. In Why We Can’t Sleep, Calhoun opens up the cultural and political contexts of Gen X’s predicament. She offers practical advice on how to ourselves out of the abyss—and keep the next generation of women from falling in. The result is reassuring, empowering, and essential reading for all middle-aged women, and anyone who hopes to understand them.

Author : Grace Baruch
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1468478230
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women in Midlife written by Grace Baruch and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Study of Women In Midlife GRACE K. BARUCH AND JEANNE BROOKS-GUNN To describe the middle years-that relatively long span when one is neither young nor old-as a neglected period may no longer be accurate, given current scientific and popular interest in adult development and aging. But midlife is still too often seen merely as a kind of staging area on the way to old age, when one gathers one's forces and tries to stock up on assets-health, money, relationships-that will be needed for the rigors of the last phase of life. The middle years have been characterized more as a transition period than as a time of growth, satisfaction, and creativity. As this volume will show, although midlife is not without its difficulties, it is, for many women, a time of unexpected pleasure, even power. MAJOR THEMES A central theme of this volume is the impact of social change. The influence of economic conditions, of ideology, of the normative timing of such life events as age of marriage and childbearing, are addressed in many chapters from hlany different perspectives. Social changes are shown to have both negative and positive consequences. On the nega tive side, for example, the sex differential in life expectancy is a biosocial phenomenon that greatly restricts the availability of sexual partners-or, more precisely, heterosexual partners-for older women.

Author : Jim Conway
Publisher : Living Books
ISBN 13 : 9780842383837
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women in Midlife Crisis written by Jim Conway and published by Living Books. This book was released on 1997-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A carefully researched, compassionate volume of encouragement and direction for women coping with midlife. This book is equally helpful for counselors and families.

Author : Elinor Carucci
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 158093529X
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Midlife written by Elinor Carucci and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From acclaimed photographer Elinor Carucci, a vivid chronicle of one woman's passage through aging, family, illness, and intimacy. It is a period in life that is universal, at some point, to everyone, yet in our day-to-day and cultural dialogue, nearly invisible. Midlife is a moving and empathetic portrait of an artist at the point in her life when inexorable change is more apparent than ever. Elinor Carucci, whose work has been collected in the previous acclaimed volumes Closer (2002, 2009) and Mother (2013), continues her immersive and close-up examination of her own life in this volume, portraying this moment in vibrant detail. As one of the most autobiographically rigorous photographers of her generation, Carucci recruits and revisits the same members of her family that we have seen since her work gained prominence two decades ago. Even as we observe telling details--graying hair, the pressures and joys of marriage, episodes of pronounced illness, the evolution of her aging parents' roles as grandparents, her children's increasing independence--we are invited to reflect on the experiences that we all share contending with the challenges of life, love, and change.

Author : Susanne Schmidt
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022668699X
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Midlife Crisis written by Susanne Schmidt and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phrase “midlife crisis” today conjures up images of male indulgence and irresponsibility—an affluent, middle-aged man speeding off in a red sports car with a woman half his age—but before it become a gendered cliché, it gained traction as a feminist concept. Journalist Gail Sheehy used the term to describe a midlife period when both men and women might reassess their choices and seek a change in life. Sheehy’s definition challenged the double standard of middle age—where aging is advantageous to men and detrimental to women—by viewing midlife as an opportunity rather than a crisis. Widely popular in the United States and internationally, the term was quickly appropriated by psychological and psychiatric experts and redefined as a male-centered, masculinist concept. The first book-length history of this controversial concept, Susanne Schmidt’s Midlife Crisis recounts the surprising origin story of the midlife debate and traces its movement from popular culture into academia. Schmidt’s engaging narrative telling of the feminist construction—and ensuing antifeminist backlash—of the midlife crisis illuminates a lost legacy of feminist thought, shedding important new light on the history of gender and American social science in the 1970s and beyond.

Author : Karen Blue
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1581127197
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Midlife Mavericks written by Karen Blue and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of "unmarried American and Canadian women building better lives for themselves in Mexico's beautiful colonial villages."--Cover

Author : Nancy Alspaugh
Publisher : Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
ISBN 13 : 9781584794127
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fearless Women written by Nancy Alspaugh and published by Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers photographic portraits of fifty middle-aged female celebrities, musicians, and athletes, who discuss their experiences of aging and the increasing empowerment they have felt in their lives.

Author : Jeanie Miley
Publisher : WaterBrook
ISBN 13 : 0307758192
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women at Midlife written by Jeanie Miley and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2011-09-07 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Midlife is a time of transitions, some welcome and others not so welcome. Thankfully, the Bible provides principles and guidance for dealing with difficult times--midlife included. In these studies, you'll tap into that wisdom and learn how you can experience God's grace today and move forward with confidence. Whether you're struggling with the challenges of the present, mired down by mistakes in your past, or excited about the prospects of the future, you'll benefit from these important questions and life-enhancing answers for Women at Midlife.

Author : Lillian B. Rubin
Publisher : Harpercollins
ISBN 13 : 9780060908331
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women of a certain age written by Lillian B. Rubin and published by Harpercollins. This book was released on 1981 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lia Macko
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 9781579548674
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Midlife Crisis at 30 written by Lia Macko and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2004-03-18 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide for professional women struggling with burnout analyzes the social and psychological factors that affect a woman's career and relationships, and offers strategies for achieving a healthy personal and professional balance.