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Reading Benedict/reading Mead : feminism, race, and imperial visions / edited by Dolores Janiewski and Lois W. Banner.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New studies in American intellectual and cultural history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948.
- Benedict, Ruth.
- Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978.
- Mead, Margaret.
- Women anthropologists--Biography.
- Women anthropologists.
- Women anthropologists--Attitudes.
- Feminist anthropology.
- Racism in anthropology.
- Anthropologists' writings, American--History and criticism.
- Anthropologists' writings, American.
- American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Women and literature--United States.
- Women and literature.
- American literature--Women authors.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 296 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- Prominent international scholars explore the lives, works, and legacies of two influential figures in American anthropology. The essays provide a useful and provocative introduction to Benedict and Mead as well as to the ongoing debate about the legacy they left behind.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-286) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801879744
- 0801879752
- OCLC:
- 54685586
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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