Elsie Clews Parsons - 9780226139074
Un libro in lingua di Desley Deacon edito da Univ of Chicago Pr, 1997
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Elsie Clews Parsons was a pioneering feminist, an eminent anthropologist, and an ardent social critic. In Elsie Clews Parsons, Desley Deacon reconstructs Parsons's efforts to overcome gender biases in both academia and society.
"Wonderfully illuminating. . . . Parsons's work resonates strikingly to current trends in anthropology."--George W. Stocking, Jr., Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
"This is the biography of a woman so interesting and effective--a cross between Margaret Mead and Georgia O'Keeffe. . . . A nuanced portrait of this vivid woman."--Tanya Luhrmann, New York Times Book Review
"A marvelous new book about the life of Elsie Clews Parsons. . . . It's as though she is sitting on the next rock, a contemporary struggling with the same issues that confront women today: how to combine work, love and child-rearing into one life."--Abigail Trafford, Washington Post
"Parsons's splendid life and work continue to illuminate current puzzles about acculturation and diversity."--New Yorker
"Wonderfully illuminating. . . . Parsons's work resonates strikingly to current trends in anthropology."--George W. Stocking, Jr., Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
"This is the biography of a woman so interesting and effective--a cross between Margaret Mead and Georgia O'Keeffe. . . . A nuanced portrait of this vivid woman."--Tanya Luhrmann, New York Times Book Review
"A marvelous new book about the life of Elsie Clews Parsons. . . . It's as though she is sitting on the next rock, a contemporary struggling with the same issues that confront women today: how to combine work, love and child-rearing into one life."--Abigail Trafford, Washington Post
"Parsons's splendid life and work continue to illuminate current puzzles about acculturation and diversity."--New Yorker
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Elsie Clews Parsons
- Sottotitolo: Inventing Modern Life
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Desley Deacon
- Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
- Collana: Univ of Chicago Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 15 Gennaio '97
- Genere: BIOGRAPHY and AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Argomenti : Women anthropologists United States Biography Women social scientists United States Biography Feminists United States Biography
- Pagine: 520
- Dimensioni mm: 241 x 165 x 38
- ISBN-10: 0226139077
- EAN-13: 9780226139074