With a typical dramatic flourish, Mead recounted that Presbyterian forebears of hers hid in caves on the Scottish coast to elude soldiers of the crown before they sailed to America. Both women had male ancestors who fought in the American Revolution; Mead claimed no fewer than seven and Benedict six. · As the title suggests, this is a “dual biography” (p. 11). Lois W. Banner attempts a comparative biography, like the comparative work that Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead accomplished as anthropologists. Moreover, she provides an intimate examination of their lives as student and teacher, lovers, and professional bltadwin.ru: Julia Liss. A uniquely revealing biography of two eminent twentieth century American women. Close friends for much of their lives, Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead met at Barnard College in , when Mead was a student, Benedict a teacher. They became sexual partners (though both married), and pioneered in the then male-dominated discipline of anthropology/5.
Professor Banner is the author of ten books, including her acclaimed American Beauty (); In Full Flower: Aging Women, Power and Sexuality (), and the prize-winning Intertwined Lives: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle (). All three books were published by Alfred A. Knopf in New York City. A uniquely revealing biography of two eminent twentieth century American women. Close friends for much of their lives, Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead met at Barnard College in , when Mead was a student, Benedict a teacher. They became sexual partners (though both married), and pioneered in the. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Intertwined Lives: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle by Lois W. Banner (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
With unprecedented access to the complete archives of the two women—including hundreds of letters opened to scholars in —Lois Banner examines the impact of their difficult childhoods and the relationship between them in the context of their circle of family, friends, husbands, lovers, and colleagues, as well as the calamitous events of their time. She shows how Benedict inadvertently exposed Mead to charges of professional incompetence, discloses the serious errors New Zealand. Intertwined Lives: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle. By Lois W. Banner. (New York: Knopf, xii, pp. $, ISBN ). This book is a revealing biography of two eminent twentieth century American women. Close friends for much of their lives, Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead met at Barnard College in , when Mead was a student, Benedict a teacher. They became sexual partners (though both married), and pioneered in the then male-dominated discipline of anthropology. They championed racial and sexual equality and cultural relativity despite the generally racist, xenophobic, and homophobic tenor of their era.
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