As anthropologists, public intellectuals, and feminists, Ruth
Benedict and Margaret Mead played remarkable roles in
twentieth-century life and thought--and far beyond the academy.
Their work helped to popularize anthropology while introducing such
terms as culture and racism into common parlance. At the same time,
they contributed to wider debates about environmentalism,
sexuality, the women's movement, and American foreign policy. In
this collection, prominent international scholars come together to
explore the lives, works, and legacies of two influential figures
in American anthropology.
The contributions reflect a wide range of topics and
perspectives: Benedict and Mead's complicated personal and
professional relationship; their activities as scholars and
outspoken intellectuals; their efforts to promote feminism and
undermine racism; their contributions to (and the challenges they
posed to) the imperialist project; and the stories behind their
best-known works, "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" and "Coming of
Age in Samoa." Together, the essays provide a useful and
provocative introduction to Benedict and Mead as well as to the
ongoing debate about the legacy they left behind.
Contributors: Lois Banner, University of Southern California;
Margaret M. Caffrey, University of Memphis; Nanako Fukui, Kansai
University; Angela Gilliam, Evergreen State College; Pauline Kent,
Ryukoku University; C. Douglas Lummis, Okinawa International
University; Nancy Lutkehaus, University of Southern California;
Judith Schachter Modell, Carnegie Mellon University; Maureen
Molloy, University of Auckland; Louise M. Newman, University of
Florida; Dolores E. Janiewski, Victoria University of Wellington;
Christopher Shannon, University of Notre Dame; Gerald Sullivan,
University of Notre Dame; Sharon Tiffany, University of Wisconsin,
Whitewater; Jean Walton, University of Rhode Island; Virginia Yans,
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
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