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.
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