10.2190/5UK2-0M3Q-C3AN-0CUJ 5UK20M3QC3AN0CUJ 155 MY MID-LIFE CRISIS AND AFTERWARD: VARIOUS HERMENEUTICAL ANALYSES OF LIVED EXPERIENCES: PART 3 - MEN'S WORK AND SOME THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS 155 170 20061002 20061002 20061002 20061002 5UK20M3QC3AN0CUJ.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=5UK20M3QC3AN0CUJ 1 EDWARD READ BARTON PH.D. Michigan State University The purpose of this article is to explore the interpretations of men at midlife from various hermeneutical perspectives. The first interpretation was what might be called "typical U.S. professionalism," which is mostly concerned with "written in stone" laws, rules, and procedures that are overly deterministic, constrictive, cultural deployments. The second was a mythopoetic interpretation of mythopoetic men's work, which is more fluid, imaginative, creative, interpretative, and has been and continues to be emotionally healing for me. This article, Part 3, is perhaps less poignant and drier. 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