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Margaret Mead
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Author : Joan Gordan
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2015-06-03
Margaret Mead written by Joan Gordan and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-03 with Psychology categories.
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Author : Paul Shankman
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2021-07-16
Margaret Mead written by Paul Shankman and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This short volume is an ideal starting point for anyone wanting to learn about, arguably, the most famous anthropologist of the twentieth century. “Since her death, a steady drip of books about Mead, one of the most significant women in twentieth century social science and American society, has appeared, some interesting, many quite a bit less so. While Shankman’s biography makes use of them, it nevertheless stands out among the better ones, not only for its well-informed and balanced view of Mead, but also for its concision.”—Times Literary Supplement Tracing Mead’s career as an ethnographer, as the early voice of public anthropology, and as a public figure, this elegantly written biography links the professional and personal sides of her career. The book looks at Mead’s early career through the end of World War II, when she produced her most important anthropological works, as well as her role as a public figure in the post-war period, through the 1960s until her death in 1978. The criticisms of Mead are also discussed and analyzed. From the introduction: After her death, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.... On the other side of the world, Mead’s passing was remembered in a very different context. On the island of Manus off the coast of New Guinea, the people of Pere village also mourned her death. Mead first studied the people of Pere in the late 1920s, returning in the 1950s with further visits thereafter. Over a span of five decades, she touched their lives, and they touched hers. Such was Mead’s stature that they commemorated her death with a ceremony befitting a great leader.
Margaret Mead
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Author : Nancy C. Lutkehaus
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2018-06-26
Margaret Mead written by Nancy C. Lutkehaus and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world."--Margaret Mead This quotation--found on posters and bumper stickers, and adopted as the motto for hundreds of organizations worldwide--speaks to the global influence and legacy of the American anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-78). In this insightful and revealing book, Nancy Lutkehaus explains how and why Mead became the best-known anthropologist and female public intellectual in twentieth-century America. Using photographs, films, television appearances, and materials from newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals, Lutkehaus explores the ways in which Mead became an American cultural heroine. Identifying four key images associated with her--the New Woman, the Anthropologist/Adventurer, the Scientist, and the Public Intellectual--Lutkehaus examines the various meanings that different segments of American society assigned to Mead throughout her lengthy career as a public figure. The author shows that Mead came to represent a new set of values and ideas--about women, non-Western peoples, culture, and America's role in the twentieth century--that have significantly transformed society and become generally accepted today. Lutkehaus also considers why there has been no other anthropologist since Mead to become as famous. Margaret Mead is an engaging look at how one woman's life and accomplishments resonated with the issues that shaped American society and changed her into a celebrity and cultural icon.
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Author : Jane Howard
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 1989-12-16
Margaret Mead written by Jane Howard and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-12-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“Engaging . . . a fine biography that gets beyond the public icon to a portrait of the real woman.”—Chicago Sun-Times At the age of twenty-three, in the 1920s, Margaret Mead traveled alone to the South Sea and wrote of adolescent sexuality and guilt-free love in her now classic Coming of Age in Samoa. For the next half-century, Mead would act as a powerful participant and opinion maker in the largest issues of her time: culture and religion, education and child rearing, sex and freedom, world hunger, war, and the politics of peace. Outrageous and extravagant, Mead was, in every sense of the word, spirited. Friendships and families of many kinds were at the core of her personal life, and she was both loyal and demanding with people, always challenging them to move in new directions. An inveterate world traveler, a teacher at Columbia University, and curator of The Museum of Natural History, Mead wrote thirty-four books, made ten films, and was granted twenty-eight honorary degrees and numerous awards. This intimate and fascinating story is an astonishing record of the personal and scientific life of an extraordinary human being. Praise for Margaret Mead “Mead was, as Miss Howard’s abundantly and unfailing lively account shows, a very American individual. . . . Miss Howard writes not as an anthropologist but as the superb reporter she is.”—The Wall Street Journal “A triumph of industry, imagination, and literary grace.”—The Washington Post
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Author : Edward Rice
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1979
Margaret Mead written by Edward Rice and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Anthropologists categories.
A biography of Margaret Mead as seen through her work.
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Author : Joan Mark
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1999-03-11
Margaret Mead written by Joan Mark and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-03-11 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The American anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-1978) was barely 24 years old when she left New York to study the natives of Samoa, New Guinea, and other remote Pacific islands. Anthropological research to her was not a dull academic discipline but an adventure in which every little detail, from Balinese ritual dances to Polynesian tattooing, held enormous fascination. Her 1928 book--Coming of Age in Samoa--made her both famous and controversial. She boldly challenged the most deeply ingrained principles of the Western way of life: family structure, education, and child-rearing. When she died in 1978, a Pacific tribe she befriended held a five-day ceremony in her honor normally reserved for their greatest chiefs. Joan Mark guides us through the most exciting anthropological discoveries of the 20th century while following Margaret Meads many triumphs around the globe in quick-paced, engrossing prose that reads like an adventure story. Oxford Portraits in Science is an ongoing series of scientific biographies. Written by top scholars and writers, each biography examines the personality of its subject as well as the thought process leading to his or her discoveries. These illustrated biographies combine accessible technical information with compelling personal stories to portray the scientists whose work has shaped our understanding of the natural world.
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Author : Phyllis Grosskurth
language : en
Publisher: London : Penguin ; Markham, Ont. : Penguin Books Canada
Release Date : 1988
Margaret Mead written by Phyllis Grosskurth and has been published by London : Penguin ; Markham, Ont. : Penguin Books Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Anthropologists categories.
An absorbing, incisive biography of world-famous anthropologist Margaret Mead, detailing her life from her childhood in Philadelphia to her research in Samoa and New Guinea and her later life as a recognized authority on education and anthropology. Photos.
The Trashing Of Margaret Mead
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Author : Paul Shankman
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 2009-12-03
The Trashing Of Margaret Mead written by Paul Shankman and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-03 with Social Science categories.
In 1928 Margaret Mead published Coming of Age in Samoa, a fascinating study of the lives of adolescent girls that transformed Mead herself into an academic celebrity. In 1983 anthropologist Derek Freeman published a scathing critique of Mead’s Samoan research, badly damaging her reputation. Resonating beyond academic circles, his case against Mead tapped into important public concerns of the 1980s, including sexual permissiveness, cultural relativism, and the nature/nurture debate. In venues from the New York Times to the TV show Donahue, Freeman argued that Mead had been “hoaxed” by Samoans whose innocent lies she took at face value. In The Trashing of Margaret Mead, Paul Shankman explores the many dimensions of the Mead-Freeman controversy as it developed publicly and as it played out privately, including the personal relationships, professional rivalries, and larger-than-life personalities that drove it. Providing a critical perspective on Freeman’s arguments, Shankman reviews key questions about Samoan sexuality, the alleged hoaxing of Mead, and the meaning of the controversy. Why were Freeman’s arguments so readily accepted by pundits outside the field of anthropology? What did Samoans themselves think? Can Mead’s reputation be salvaged from the quicksand of controversy? Written in an engaging, clear style and based on a careful review of the evidence, The Trashing of Margaret Mead illuminates questions of enduring significance to the academy and beyond. 2010 Distinguished Lecturer in Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History “The Trashing of Margaret Mead reminds readers of the pitfalls of academia. It urges scholars to avoid personal attacks and to engage in healthy debate. The book redeems Mead while also redeeming the field of anthropology. By showing the uniqueness of the Mead-Freeman case, Shankman places his continued confidence in academia, scholars, and the field of anthropology.”—H-Net Reviews
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Author : Elesha J. Coffman
language : en
Publisher: Spiritual Lives
Release Date : 2021
Margaret Mead written by Elesha J. Coffman and has been published by Spiritual Lives this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Anthropologists categories.
This volume introduces a side of Margaret Mead that few people know. Coffman provides a fascinating account of Mead's life and reinterprets her work, highlighting religious concerns.
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Author : Susan Saunders
language : en
Publisher: Puffin
Release Date : 1988
Margaret Mead written by Susan Saunders and has been published by Puffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Examines the life of the pioneer anthropologist who popularized the field and used her ideas to promote world unity and peace.