Ruth Benedict
by:
Margaret Mead (author)
By weaving discussions of the personal and professional writings of Ruth Benedict (1887--1948), Margaret Mead offers a deeply insightful portrait of a woman who overcame the barriers of sexism to become one of the most compelling intellectual figures in twentieth-century American life. In this...
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By weaving discussions of the personal and professional writings of Ruth Benedict (1887--1948), Margaret Mead offers a deeply insightful portrait of a woman who overcame the barriers of sexism to become one of the most compelling intellectual figures in twentieth-century American life. In this work, Mead defends Benedict's humanistic approach to anthropology and considers
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780231035194 (0231035195)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Series: Columbia Classics in Anthropology