Seasons of a Woman's Life A Fascinating Exploration of the Events, Thoughts, and Life Experiences That All Women Share

Name: Seasons of a Woman's Life A Fascinating Exploration of the Events, Thoughts, and Life Experiences That All Women Share
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ISBN: 9780345311740

ISBN-10: 0345311744

ISBN-13: 9780345311740

Edition: 1996

Authors: Daniel J. Levinson

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"A HIGHLY NUANCED PORTRAIT, in every shade of gray, of individual women negotiating the transitions of what Levinson calls early adulthood *ages 18 to 45." *The New York Times Book Review Nearly twenty years ago, esteemed Yale psychologist Daniel J. Levinson wrote the groundbreaking classic, The Seasons of a Man's Life, which became the stimulus for a revolution in thinking about life passages, helping thousands of men make sense of their own lives. Now it is womens' turn. Based on exhaustive interviews with a diverse group of forty-five women, The Seasons of a Woman's Life completes and substantiates Levinson's thesis: that all human beings go right on developing throughout their…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/11/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.59" wide x 8.58" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface



The Study of Women's Lives



The Human Life Cycle: Eras and Developmental Periods



The Significance of Gender in Women's Lives



Adolescent Life Structure: Homemakers



Early Adult Transition: Homemakers



Entry Life Structure for Early Adulthood: Homemakers



Age 30 Transition: Homemakers



Culminating Life Structure for Early Adulthood: Homemakers



Mid-life Transition: Homemakers



Adolescent Life Structure: Career Women



Early Adult Transition: Career Women



Entry Life Structure for Early Adulthood: Career Women



Age 30 Transition: Career Women



Culminating Life Structure for Early Adulthood: Career Women



Mid-life Transition: Career Women



Concluding Thoughts: Adult Development, Gender, and Historical Change


Selected Bibliography


Index