Elsie Clews Parsons: Inventing Modern Life |
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Author:
| Deacon, Desley |
ISBN: | 978-1-299-10453-2 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2008 |
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $54.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionElsie 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"