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Becoming an Ex (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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Becoming an Ex (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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The experience of becoming an ex is common to most people in modern
society. Unlike individuals in earlier cultures who usually spent
their entire lives in one marriage, one career, one religion, one
geographic locality, people living in today's world tend to move in
and out of many roles in the course of a lifetime. During the past
decade there has been persistent interest in these "passages" or
"turning points," but very little research has dealt with what it
means to leave behind a major role or incorporate it into a new
identity. Helen Rose Fuchs Ebaugh's pathbreaking inquiry into the
phenomenon of becoming an ex reveals the profundity of this basic
aspect of establishing an identity in contemporary life.
Ebaugh is herself an ex, having left the life of a Catholic nun to
become a wife, mother, and professor of sociology. Drawing on
interviews with 185 people, Ebaugh explores a wide range of role
changes, including ex-convicts, ex-alcoholics, divorced people,
mothers without custody of their children, ex-doctors, ex-cops,
retirees, ex-nuns, and--perhaps most dramatically--transsexuals. As
this diverse sample reveals, Ebaugh focuses on voluntary exits from
significant roles. What emerges are common stages of the role exit
process--from disillusionment with a particular identity, to
searching for alternative roles, to turning points that trigger a
final decision to exit, and finally to the creation of an identify
as an ex.
"Becoming an Ex" is a challenging and influential study that will
be of great interest to sociologists, mental health counselors,
members of self-help groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous and
Parents Without Partners, those in corporate settings where
turnover has widespread implications for the organization, and for
anyone struggling through a role exit who is trying to establish a
new sense of self.
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