Paths to Fulfillment: Women's Search for Meaning and Identity by Ruthellen Josse

Description: Paths to Fulfillment by Ruthellen Josselson How do women create fulfilling lives? This 35-year study of 25 women, randomly selected when they were graduating from college in the early 1970s, explores how they created new forms of identity for themselves. Paths to Fulfillment challenges stereotyped views of womens lives and shows how work, love and care are all intertwined. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description How do women create fulfilling lives? How does the identity they choose (or not choose) by the end of their college career affect how their lives unfold? For 35 years, Ruthellen Josselson has followed 25 randomly selected women who graduated from college in the early 1970s. Because these women came of age at this particular time in history, they were the trailblazers in creating new possibilities for womens lives by taking up meaningful roles in the work world.These "real" women, in contrast to the stereotypes of the time, took on the challenge in very different ways and championed very different lives for themselves. In Paths toFulfillment: Womens Search for Meaning and Identity, Josselson traces the stages of these womens lives and the ways in which identity, intimacy, and care for others over time leads to fulfillment, or in some cases, a lack of fulfillment. She examines the complexity of the relationship between a womans roots, her efforts to create a unique life for herself, and how others become part of identity. Josselson examines individual lives in depth for clues to understanding the strengthsthat help a woman to find fulfillment, and how in generativity becomes an anchor for meaningful identity as lives unfold. With remarkable clarity and insight, Josselson challenges simplisticgeneralizations about women, and shows how work, love, and care are all intertwined in a womans sense of identity. Author Biography Ruthellen Josselson is a psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Fielding Graduate University. Table of Contents PrefaceChapter 1. Women and IdentityChapter 2. The PathmakersChapter 3. A Pathmaker and Her Daughter - and a Pathmaker Who Lost Her WayChapter 4. The GuardiansChapter 5. The SearchersChapter 6. The DriftersChapter 7. A Drifter Who Created a PathChapter 8. Paths to Fulfillment - Reflections on Adult Growth and Development in WomenAfterwordDiscussion Questions Review "Clinicians who work with young adult women will find these interviews and Josselsonsanalysis edifying. It is a must read for those who work with college students and areconcerned with optimal identity formation in young adults." --PsycCRITIQUES"The women Josselson first interviewed as college seniors have reached their mid-50s, and in Paths to Fulfillment we become privy to their choices - what brought them pleasure and a sense of fulfillment and also what they regret. Studies of womens lives remain rare in the literature on adult development and Josselson is among the pioneers in making women her focus. In their ability to reshape their identities she sees the imprint of feminism and acause for celebration."-- Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Womens Development"Ruthellen Josselsons Paths to Fulfillment is the culmination of a lifes work dedicated to understanding womens development across the human life course. With extraordinary empathy and a sharp analytic sense, Josselson plays the role of psychological tour guide, as she leads the reader through a series of life journeys, each running from the college years through late midlife. What will happen next in the story? How will these womens lives turnout? The emotional suspense keeps you turning the pages, while Josselsons keen insights and elegant prose continue to nourish the intellectual soul."-- Dan P. McAdams, author of The Art and Science of Personality Development"Ruthellen Josselson has given us rare, powerful, and insightful glimpses into the lives of 26 women as they move from college graduation through young and middle adulthood to the present time at age 55. In particular, Josselson chronicles four general but very different identity pathways upon which these women embark, and she vividly illustrates the diversity of challenges, triumphs, and adjustments each woman makes in attempting to find her own place in theworld. Beautifully written, this volume provides a fascinating chronicle of ongoing identity work through many decades of adult life."-- Jane Kroger, Professor Emerita of Psychology, University of TromsØ"[In Paths to Fulfillment] Josselson extends and enriches her lively portraits of womens identity development presented in her first two books by following them into mid-life. This book represents the best of clinical psychology: the insightful and scientifically-inspired description of meaningful human behavior offered by a skilled and experienced psychotherapist and researcher."-- James Marcia, Professor Emeritus of Clinical / Developmental Psychology, Simon Fraser University Promotional This 35-year study of 25 women, randomly selected when they were graduating from college in the early 1970s, explores how they created new forms of identity for themselves Long Description How do women create fulfilling lives? How does the identity they choose (or not choose) by the end of their college career affect how their lives unfold? For 35 years, Ruthellen Josselson has followed 26 randomly selected women who graduated from college in the early 1970s. Because these women came of age at this particular time in history, they were the trailblazers in creating new possibilities for womens lives and were among the first of the Womens LiberationMovement to take on meaningful roles in the work world. These "real" women, in contrast to the pervasive media stereotypes of the time, took on the challenge in very different ways and championed very different lives for themselves. In Paths to Fulfillment: Womens Search for Meaning and Identity, Josselson traces the stages of these womens lives and the ways in which identity, intimacy, and care for others over time leads to fulfillment, or in some cases, a lack of fulfillment. She examines the complexity of the relationship between a womans roots, her efforts to create a unique life for herself, and how others become part of the self altogether. Josselson examines individual lives in depth for clues tounderstanding the strengths that help a woman to find fulfillment, and how a focus on raising the younger generation plays a role in creating this identity. With remarkable clarity and insight, Josselson challenges the common stereotypes of women, and shows how work, love, and care are all intertwined in a womans feeling of identity. Review Text "Clinicians who work with young adult women will find these interviews and Josselsons analysis edifying. It is a must read for those who work with college students and are concerned with optimal identity formation in young adults." --PsycCRITIQUES"The women Josselson first interviewed as college seniors have reached their mid-50s, and in Paths to Fulfillment we become privy to their choices - what brought them pleasure and a sense of fulfillment and also what they regret. Studies of womens lives remain rare in the literature on adult development and Josselson is among the pioneers in making women her focus. In their ability to reshape their identities she sees the imprint of feminism and acause for celebration." -- Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Womens Development"Ruthellen Josselsons Paths to Fulfillment is the culmination of a lifes work dedicated to understanding womens development across the human life course. With extraordinary empathy and a sharp analytic sense, Josselson plays the role of psychological tour guide, as she leads the reader through a series of life journeys, each running from the college years through late midlife. What will happen next in the story? How will these womens lives turnout? The emotional suspense keeps you turning the pages, while Josselsons keen insights and elegant prose continue to nourish the intellectual soul." -- Dan P. McAdams, author of The Art and Science of Personality Development"Ruthellen Josselson has given us rare, powerful, and insightful glimpses into the lives of 26 women as they move from college graduation through young and middle adulthood to the present time at age 55. In particular, Josselson chronicles four general but very different identity pathways upon which these women embark, and she vividly illustrates the diversity of challenges, triumphs, and adjustments each woman makes in attempting to find her own place in theworld. Beautifully written, this volume provides a fascinating chronicle of ongoing identity work through many decades of adult life." -- Jane Kroger, Professor Emerita of Psychology, University of Troms Review Quote "Clinicians who work with young adult women will find these interviews and Josselsons analysis edifying. It is a must read for those who work with college students and are concerned with optimal identity formation in young adults." --PsycCRITIQUES "The women Josselson first interviewed as college seniors have reached their mid-50s, and in Paths to Fulfillment we become privy to their choices - what brought them pleasure and a sense of fulfillment and also what they regret. Studies of womens lives remain rare in the literature on adult development and Josselson is among the pioneers in making women her focus. In their ability to reshape their identities she sees the imprint of feminism and a cause for celebration." -- Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Womens Development "Ruthellen Josselsons Paths to Fulfillment is the culmination of a lifes work dedicated to understanding womens development across the human life course. With extraordinary empathy and a sharp analytic sense, Josselson plays the role of psychological tour guide, as she leads the reader through a series of life journeys, each running from the college years through late midlife. What will happen next in the story? How will these womens lives turn out? The emotional suspense keeps you turning the pages, while Josselsons keen insights and elegant prose continue to nourish the intellectual soul." -- Dan P. McAdams, author of The Art and Science of Personality Development "Ruthellen Josselson has given us rare, powerful, and insightful glimpses into the lives of 26 women as they move from college graduation through young and middle adulthood to the present time at age 55. In particular, Josselson chronicles four general but very different identity pathways upon which these women embark, and she vividly illustrates the diversity of challenges, triumphs, and adjustments each woman makes in attempting to find her own place in the world. Beautifully written, this volume provides a fascinating chronicle of ongoing identity work through many decades of adult life." -- Jane Kroger, Professor Emerita of Psychology, University of Troms Feature Selling point: Presents the true life stories of a special cohort of baby boomer women who were the first to take advantage of new possibilities for women and, in doing so, created the sea change in the roles they could take on in the worldSelling point: Explores the types of paths this generation of women were able to follow over 35 years, and where they are now as a result of these choicesSelling point: Links the choices women make in their early 20s to the shaping of their entire adult livesSelling point: Shows how not all women achieve fulfillment in late midlife, and the reasons why Details ISBN0190250399 Year 2017 ISBN-10 0190250399 ISBN-13 9780190250393 Format Hardcover Subtitle Womens Search for Meaning and Identity DEWEY 155.333 Media Book Pages 328 Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Short Title Paths to Fulfillment Language English Author Ruthellen Josselson Publication Date 2017-09-21 UK Release Date 2017-09-21 NZ Release Date 2017-09-21 US Release Date 2017-09-21 Illustrator Tim Archbold Birth 1978 Death 1902 Affiliation Social Worker, Author, Colonel, U.S. Army Position Social Worker, Author, Colonel Qualifications PT Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly AU Release Date 2017-07-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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