| Description |
1 online resource (214 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Copyright Page; Midlife Creativity and Identity: Life into Art; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Life into Art; Chapter 1 Transformations; Part I: Music, Midlife and Authenticity; Part I: The New 'Hidden' Musicians; Chapter 2 Lost in Space: Music and Aura; 2.1. The Function of Creativity: Writing Repertoire; 2.2. Rehearsal and Supervention of Novelty: Value, Aesthetics and Feeling the Moment; Chapter 3 Music, Sociality and Identity; 3.1. Motives and the Forces of Progression; 3.2. Performance and Identity; 3.3. Creative Midlife: Music and Being |
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3.4. Midlife and In-between StatesPart II: Art and Identity; Chapter 4 The Subterranean River; 4.1. Art and the Projected Self; Chapter 5 Down in the Woods; Chapter 6 Inspiration by the Sea; 6.1. Art Becomes Life; Part III: LITERARY MIDLIFE -- Solitude Sitting; Chapter 7 Living a Dream and Dreaming a Living; Chapter 8 Shifting Rhythms and a Sense of Purpose; 8.1. Writing and Emotion; 8.2. Writing and Life; Chapter 9 The Mezzanine and Midlife Creativity; 9.1. Midlife; 9.2. Creativity: Ideology and Action; 9.3. Identity and Feeling: Art and Soul |
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9.4. Towards Structures of Feeling and Knowable Communities in Creative Praxis9.5. The Mezzanine: Origin and Theory; 9.6. Conclusion: Midlife Creativity and Identity; Afterword: Monday Afternoon and the Millennium; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book explores the artistic routines and inspirations of amateur and professional musicians, fine artists and literary authors experiencing midlife. Based on ethnographic insight, it argues that creativity is driven by the pursuit of a 'mezzanine' in-between state where the anarchy of possibility is an antidote to the realities of middle age |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Middle age -- Psychological aspects.
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Middle age -- Social aspects
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Aging -- Psychological aspects.
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Aging -- Social aspects
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Creation.
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creating (artistic activity)
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Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography.
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Social Science -- Sociology -- General.
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Aging -- Psychological aspects.
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Aging -- Social aspects.
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Creation.
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Middle age -- Psychological aspects.
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Middle age -- Social aspects.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781787543331 |
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1787543331 |
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9781787543355 |
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1787543358 |
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