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Forty: The Age and Symbol

Forty: The Age and Symbol

Brandes, Stanley

Paperback

AnthropologyMythology & FolkloreGeneral Psychology

Publisher Price: $19.95

ISBN10: 087049516X
ISBN13: 9780870495168
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: Mar 1 1987
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
The distinguished anthropologist and folklorist Stanley Brandes has written an elegant and stimulating treatise on what it means to be 40 and on what 40 means as a symbol. --Gary Alan Fine, Contemporary Sociology

Brandes's tour through numerology and etymology is rich and entertaining. --Psychology Today

The midlife crisis is a popular topic these days, but this book is unique in that it draws upon psychology, history, literature, religion, anthropology, and folklore to present a summary of our past and present attitudes towards both the number and the age 40. An imminently readable book. --Library Journal

Forty gratifies and consoles, as its author demonstrates how it is in our power to alter the scenario; we can change the third act in the life span, or altogether exchange the stage play/life analogy for a more truthful and rewarding vision of our lives. --Newsday

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