04184nam 2200853 a 450 991082854510332120240418125232.01-299-10453-30-226-13909-30-226-13907-710.7208/9780226139098(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|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierElsie Clews Parsons inventing modern life /Desley Deacon1st ed.Chicago :University of Chicago Press,1997.1 online resource (541 pages)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 conditionsgender, feminism, anthropology, academia, social norms, convention, biography, nonfiction, women anthropologists, race, pueblo indians, native americans, indigenous, adultery, infidelity, marriage, childrearing, parenting, division of labor, freedom, independence, family life, sexuality, modernism, identity, female scientist, cultural differences, tolerance, pluralism, diversity, history, funding.Women anthropologistsWomen social scientistsFeministsFeminismHistory.Sex roleHistory.301/.092BDeacon Desley801514MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828545103321Elsie Clews Parsons4003335UNINA