• Elsie Clews Parsons | 9999903276197 | Desley Deacon

    Elsie Clews Parsons

    Inventing Modern Life

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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...
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    • Book binding : Hardback
    • Preservation state : 3. Good
    • Publication Date : 14/02/2025
    • Year of edition : 0
    • Authors : Desley Deacon
    • Number of pages : 538
    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 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

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