Format:
274 Seiten :
,
Illustrationen, Diagramm ;
,
23 cm.
ISBN:
978-0-226-63714-3
,
978-0-226-68685-1
Content:
"This book recounts the surprising origin story of the "midlife crisis." Before becoming a gendered cliché, the midlife crisis gained traction as a feminist concept with the publication of journalist Gail Sheehy's best-selling Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life. Coined by psychoanalyst Elliott Jaques in the 1950s, the term was largely neglected until Sheehy re-invented it as a feminist idea that challenged the double standard of middle age. Widely popular, 'midlife crisis' was subsequently appropriated and redefined as a masculinist concept by psychological and psychiatric experts. Susanne Schmidt's telling reveals the midlife crisis' remarkable role in modern American life: first to valorize the emergence of female breadwinners and dual-income families, then to reassert gender order in times of social change. A must-read"
Note:
Introduction -- Double standard -- Feminist origins -- Serious sensation -- Psychology and the crisis of masculinity -- Feminist riposte -- Feminist legacy
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-226-68699-8
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
Keywords:
Midlife-Crisis
;
Psychologie
;
Feminismus
;
History
;
History
