Ruth Benedict
Benedict, Ruth Fulton - 1887–1948, American anthropologist, b. New York City, grad. Vassar, 1909, Ph.D. Columbia, 1923. She was a student and later a colleague of Franz Boas at Columbia, where she taught from 1924. She did fieldwork among Native Americans and studied contemporary European and Asian cultures. Her works emphasize the concepts of cultural configuration, national character Read More...
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When Peoples Meet: A Study in Race and Culture Contacts (excerpt (p. 5-16) from "Patterns of Culture" by Ruth Benedict begins on p. 12)
by Alain Locke, Bernhard J. Stern. 756 pgs.
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Man in Contemporary Society: A Source Book (excerpt (p.21-56) from "Patterns of Culture" by Ruth Benedict begins on p. 114)
by Columbia University Press. 1014 pgs.
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They Studied Man ("Ruth Benedict: Science and Poetry" begins on p. 204)
by Abram Kardiner, Edward Preble. 287 pgs.
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Popularizing Anthropology (Chap. 4 "The Chrysanthemum Continues to Flower: Ruth Benedict and Some Perils of Popular Anthropology")
by Jeremy MacClancy, Chris McDonaugh . 253 pgs.
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Personality in Nature, Society and Culture (Chap. 33 "Ruth Benedict: Continuities and Discontinuities in Cultural Conditioning")
by Clyde Kluckhohn, Henry A. Murray. 724 pgs.
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The Culture Cult: Designer Tribalism and Other Essays (Chap. 4 "The Triumph of the Litterateur")
by Roger Sandall. 214 pgs.
