Ruth Landes: A Life in Anthropology (Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology)
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (856 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0803222459 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 315 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Anthropology's Hidden Genius: Ruth Landes" according to Robin Beckwith. Ruth Landes is endlessly fascinating and courageous. I wouldn't take Landes' attitude toward Canada as any more than her missing the country of her birth, as well as a sense that her work ought to have earned far more praise and respect than it did. It would be great if the author had placed greater focus on recognizing Landes as brilliant, rather than emphasizing how she was "marginalized" during her lifetime. It is a different time now and we can place Landes' work where it belongs: at the very epicenter of the field of a
Ahead of her time in many respects, Landes worked with issues that defined the central debates in the discipline at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Landes’s rejection of domestic life led to an early divorce. Ultimately, however, the errors and excesses that her critics complained of long ago now point us to the innovations for which she is responsible and that give her work its lasting value and power.. In Ruth Landes, Sally Cole reconsiders Landes’s life, work, and career, and places her at the heart of anthropology. The daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants, Landes studied under the renowned anthropologist Franz Boas and was mentored by Ruth Benedict. This was a tumultuous time for Landes, who was accused of being a spy, and her remarkable work fed the envy of such prominent scholars as Melville Herskovits and Margaret Mead. Her ideas regarding gender roles also shaped her 1930s fieldwork among the Ojibwa, where she worked clo
"This comprehensively researched biography by Cole is a poignant and fascinating look at a troubled career within the history of American anthropology. Cole's reevaluation is written with balance, sensitivity, and a real affection for her subject."—Library Journal