Mary Catherine Bateson

Mary Catherine Bateson will share her thoughts and research on the impact of improved health and longevity on marriage, childbearing, education, work, and retirement. Most recently, she has focused on a phase she terms “Adulthood II,” the period of relatively robust health that precedes the onset of frail old age. Dr. Bateson is a cultural anthropologist, linguist, Middle East specialist, and author who approaches her work from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

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Location: Street: 395 South 1500 East Additional: University of Utah College of Social Work City: Salt Lake City, Province: Utah Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Mary Catherine Bateson reads from Composing a Further Life.

Picking up where she left off in Composing a Life (1991), anthropologist Bateson interviews six older individuals, from a retired Maine boatyard worker to Jane Fonda, who have accomplished most of their life goals but actively seek new and satisfying ways to live robust lives. Adulthood II, as Bateson call this period, is characterized by the wisdom culled from long lives and rich experience combined with freedom from the day-to-day responsibilities of work and raising children. Life in this stage is an "improvisational art form calling for imagination and the willingness to learn." (bookconscious)… (more)