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On creating a usable culture : Margaret Mead and the emergence of American cosmopolitanism / Maureen A. Molloy.
LIBRA E184.A1 M63 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Molloy, Maureen, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978.
- Anthropology--United States--Popular works.
- Anthropology.
- Anthropology in popular culture--United States.
- Anthropology in popular culture.
- Anthropology in literature.
- Cosmopolitanism--United States.
- Cosmopolitanism.
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- United States.
- Manners and customs.
- Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978--Criticism and interpretation.
- Mead, Margaret.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- x, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- The problem of American culture
- The "jungle flapper" : civilization, repression, and the homogenous society
- "Lords of an empty creation" : masculinity, puritanism, and cultural stagnation
- "Every woman deviating from the code" : cultural lag, moral contagion, and social disintegration
- "Maladjustment of a worse order" : temperament, psychosexual misidentification, and the refuge of private life
- On creating a usable culture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-192) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780824831165
- 0824831160
- OCLC:
- 173092543
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