03771nam 2200841 a 450 991045527790332120200520144314.01-299-10453-30-226-13909-30-226-13907-710.7208/9780226139098(CKB)111004366537942(EBL)408253(OCoLC)437247592(SSID)ssj0000145575(PQKBManifestationID)12010176(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000145575(PQKBWorkID)10181518(PQKB)10779154(SSID)ssj0000376104(PQKBManifestationID)11923818(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376104(PQKBWorkID)10332614(PQKB)11041739(MiAaPQ)EBC408253(DE-B1597)535777(OCoLC)1058349436(DE-B1597)9780226139098(Au-PeEL)EBL408253(CaPaEBR)ebr10230033(CaONFJC)MIL441703(EXLCZ)9911100436653794219960814d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrElsie Clews Parsons[electronic resource] inventing modern life /Desley DeaconChicago, Ill. University of Chicago Pressc19971 online resource (541 p.)Women in culture and societyDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-13908-5 "Bibliography of Elsie Clews Parsons, 1896-1962": p. 485-499.Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-483) and index.pt. 1. Looking forward -- pt. 2. We secessionists ... -- pt. 3. Trans-national America -- pt. 4. All serene.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 YorkerWomen in culture and society.Women anthropologistsUnited StatesBiographyWomen social scientistsUnited StatesBiographyFeministsUnited StatesBiographyFeminismUnited StatesHistorySex roleUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesIntellectual life20th centuryUnited StatesRace relationsUnited StatesSocial conditionsElectronic books.Women anthropologistsWomen social scientistsFeministsFeminismHistory.Sex roleHistory.301/.092BDeacon Desley801514MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455277903321Elsie Clews Parsons2116481UNINA