Reading Benedict/reading Mead : feminism, race, and imperial visions /
Reading Benedict/reading Mead : feminism, race, and imperial visions /
edited by Dolores Janiewski and Lois W. Banner.
- xv, 296 pages ; 24 cm.
- New studies in American intellectual and cultural history .
- New studies in American intellectual and cultural history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : being and becoming Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead / Woven lives, raveled texts : Benedict, Mead and representational doubleness / "The bo-cu plant" : Ruth Benedict and gender / Margaret Mead, the Samoan girl and the flapper : geographies of selfhood in Coming of age in Samoa / Coming of age, but not in Samoa : reflections on Margaret Mead's legacy for Western liberal feminism / "A world made safe for differences" : Ruth Benedict's The chrysanthemum and the sword / White maternity, rape dreams, and the sexual exile in A rap on race / Of feys and culture planners : Margaret Mead and purposive activity as value / The lady of the chrysanthemum : Ruth Benedict and the origins of The chrysanthemum and the sword / Ruth Benedict's obituary for Japanese culture / The parable of Manus : utopian change, American influence, and the worth of women / Imagining the South Seas : Margaret Mead's Coming of age in Samoa and the sexual politics of paradise / Symbolic subordination and the representation of power in "Margaret Mead and Samoa" / Misconceived configurations of Ruth Benedict / Margaret Mead : anthropology's liminal figure / "It is besides a pleasant English word" - Ruth Benedict's concept of patterns revisited / On the political anatomy of Mead-bashing, or re-thinking Margaret Mead / Dolores Janiewski and Lois W. Banner -- Dolores Janiewski -- Lois W. Banner -- Maureen Molloy -- Louise M. Newman -- Christopher Shannon -- Jean Walton -- Gerald Sullivan -- Nanako Fukui -- Douglas Lummis -- Margaret M. Caffrey -- Sharon Tiffany -- Angela Gilliam -- Pauline Kent -- Nancy Lutkehaus -- Judith Modell -- Virginia Yans. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
"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, prominent international scholars come together to explore the lives, works, and legacies of two influential figures in American anthropology.The contributions reflect a wide range of topics and perspectives: Benedict and Mead's complicated personal and professional relationship; their activities as scholars and outspoken intellectuals; their efforts to promote feminism and undermine racism; their contributions to (and the challenges they posed to) the imperialist project; and the stories behind their best-known works, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword and Coming of Age in Samoa. Together, the essays provide a useful and provocative introduction to Benedict and Mead as well as to the ongoing debate about the legacy they left behind.Contributors: Lois Banner, University of Southern California; Margaret M. Caffrey, University of Memphis; Nanako Fukui, Kansai University; Angela Gilliam, Evergreen State College; Pauline Kent, Ryukoku University; C. Douglas Lummis, Okinawa International University; Nancy Lutkehaus, University of Southern California; Judith Schachter Modell, Carnegie Mellon University; Maureen Molloy, University of Auckland; Louise M. Newman, University of Florida; Dolores E. Janiewski, Victoria University of Wellington; Christopher Shannon, University of Notre Dame; Gerald Sullivan, University of Notre Dame; Sharon Tiffany, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater; Jean Walton, University of Rhode Island; Virginia Yans, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey"--Publisher description.
0801879744 9780801879746 0801879752 9780801879753
2004004571
Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978
Women anthropologists--Biography
Women anthropologists--Attitudes
Feminist anthropology
Racism in anthropology
Anthropologists' writings, American--History and criticism
American literature--Women authors--History and criticism
Women and literature--United States
GN20 / .R43 2004
301.0922
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : being and becoming Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead / Woven lives, raveled texts : Benedict, Mead and representational doubleness / "The bo-cu plant" : Ruth Benedict and gender / Margaret Mead, the Samoan girl and the flapper : geographies of selfhood in Coming of age in Samoa / Coming of age, but not in Samoa : reflections on Margaret Mead's legacy for Western liberal feminism / "A world made safe for differences" : Ruth Benedict's The chrysanthemum and the sword / White maternity, rape dreams, and the sexual exile in A rap on race / Of feys and culture planners : Margaret Mead and purposive activity as value / The lady of the chrysanthemum : Ruth Benedict and the origins of The chrysanthemum and the sword / Ruth Benedict's obituary for Japanese culture / The parable of Manus : utopian change, American influence, and the worth of women / Imagining the South Seas : Margaret Mead's Coming of age in Samoa and the sexual politics of paradise / Symbolic subordination and the representation of power in "Margaret Mead and Samoa" / Misconceived configurations of Ruth Benedict / Margaret Mead : anthropology's liminal figure / "It is besides a pleasant English word" - Ruth Benedict's concept of patterns revisited / On the political anatomy of Mead-bashing, or re-thinking Margaret Mead / Dolores Janiewski and Lois W. Banner -- Dolores Janiewski -- Lois W. Banner -- Maureen Molloy -- Louise M. Newman -- Christopher Shannon -- Jean Walton -- Gerald Sullivan -- Nanako Fukui -- Douglas Lummis -- Margaret M. Caffrey -- Sharon Tiffany -- Angela Gilliam -- Pauline Kent -- Nancy Lutkehaus -- Judith Modell -- Virginia Yans. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
"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, prominent international scholars come together to explore the lives, works, and legacies of two influential figures in American anthropology.The contributions reflect a wide range of topics and perspectives: Benedict and Mead's complicated personal and professional relationship; their activities as scholars and outspoken intellectuals; their efforts to promote feminism and undermine racism; their contributions to (and the challenges they posed to) the imperialist project; and the stories behind their best-known works, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword and Coming of Age in Samoa. Together, the essays provide a useful and provocative introduction to Benedict and Mead as well as to the ongoing debate about the legacy they left behind.Contributors: Lois Banner, University of Southern California; Margaret M. Caffrey, University of Memphis; Nanako Fukui, Kansai University; Angela Gilliam, Evergreen State College; Pauline Kent, Ryukoku University; C. Douglas Lummis, Okinawa International University; Nancy Lutkehaus, University of Southern California; Judith Schachter Modell, Carnegie Mellon University; Maureen Molloy, University of Auckland; Louise M. Newman, University of Florida; Dolores E. Janiewski, Victoria University of Wellington; Christopher Shannon, University of Notre Dame; Gerald Sullivan, University of Notre Dame; Sharon Tiffany, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater; Jean Walton, University of Rhode Island; Virginia Yans, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey"--Publisher description.
0801879744 9780801879746 0801879752 9780801879753
2004004571
Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978
Women anthropologists--Biography
Women anthropologists--Attitudes
Feminist anthropology
Racism in anthropology
Anthropologists' writings, American--History and criticism
American literature--Women authors--History and criticism
Women and literature--United States
GN20 / .R43 2004
301.0922