| Composing a Life Contributor(s): Bateson, Mary Catherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802138047 ISBN-13: 9780802138040 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: This reissue of Bateson's treatise on the improvisational lives of five extraordinary women uses their personal stories to delve into the creative potential of the complex lives of today, where ambitions are constantly refocused on new goals and possibilities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: 305.409 |
| LCCN: 2001023731 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.45 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mary Catherine Bateson has been called one of the most original and important thinkers of our time (Deborah Tannen). Grove Press is pleased to reissue Bateson's deeply satisfying treatise on the improvisational lives of five extraordinary women. Using their personal stories as her framework, Dr. Bateson delves into the creative potential of the complex lives we live today, where ambitions are constantly refocused on new goals and possibilities. With balanced sympathy and a candid approach to what makes these women inspiring, examples of the newly fluid movement of adaptation--their relationships with spouses, children, and friends, their ever-evolving work, and their gender--Bateson shows us that life itself is a creative process. Well-formulated and passionate ... Offers nothing less than a radical rethinking of the concept of achievement. -- San Francisco Chronicle Fascinating ... A masterwork of rare breadth and particularity. -- The Boston Globe |