Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: The Kinship of Women

By Hilary Lapsley

Book Overview

This book tells the story of the extraordinary friendship between renowned anthropologists Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict. First as mentor and prot g , later as colleagues and lovers, these two... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558491813
• ISBN13: 9781558491816
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Mead and Benedict: Kinship of Women

I found this book extraordinary good reading. It reviews their lives during childhood and moves thru both Mead's and Benedict's lives until Benedict's death in 1948. The last chapter does provide information about what happened to the leading players in the lives of both women in later years. I found it much easier to read than Howard's book, which is completely different, with lots of stories about Mead but very difficult to follow chronologically. The author's background in psychology is evident and I recommend the book highly.