Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict The Kinship of Women |
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Author:
| Lapsley, Hilary |
ISBN: | 978-1-55849-295-0 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2001 |
Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $25.95 |
Book Description:
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A portrait of the relationship between two major figures in the history of anthropology. It traces the career of Margaret Mead as she popularizes ethnographies with her commentary on the people and cultures of the South Pacific and that of Ruth Benedict as she fights the misogyny of academia.
A portrait of the relationship between two major figures in the history of anthropology. It traces the career of Margaret Mead as she popularizes ethnographies with her commentary on the people and cultures of the South Pacific and that of Ruth Benedict as she fights the misogyny of academia.