Reading Benedict / Reading Mead: Feminism, Race, and Imperial Visions

Book Overview

As anthropologists, public intellectuals, and feminists, Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead played remarkable roles in twentieth-century life and thought--and far beyond the academy. Their work helped to popularize anthropology while introducing such terms as culture and racism into common parlance. At the same time, they contributed to wider debates about environmentalism, sexuality, the women's movement, and American foreign policy. In this collection,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801879752
• ISBN13: 9780801879753
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary