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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 an…
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- Author: Desley Deacon
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- ISBN-10: 0226139085
- ISBN-13: 9780226139081
- Format: 22.8 x 15.1 x 3.4 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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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 YorkerEXTRA 10 % discount with code: EXTRA
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- Author: Desley Deacon
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- ISBN-10: 0226139085
- ISBN-13: 9780226139081
- Format: 22.8 x 15.1 x 3.4 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
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
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