A Woman's Quest for Science: Portrait of Anthropologist Elsie Clews Parsons
Langue : anglais
Edité par Prometheus Books, 1985
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Vendeur : Brodsky Bookshop, Taos, NM, Etats-UnisBrodsky Bookshop
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Hardcover. 8vo (6.25 x 9.25 in.). Light grey textured paper over boards with stamped silver lettering on spine. Very clean, sharp corners. Binding is solid. There is a price sticker on the free front end page.Dust jacket is pictorial with a title box in red lettering. It has edge wear on top and bottom with some paper missing in spots. No sun fading. A decent, though brief, biography of a pioneering scientist and feminist in the early part of the twentieth century.
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- Titre
- A Woman's Quest for Science: Portrait of Anthropologist Elsie Clews Parsons
- Auteur
- Hare, H. Peter
- Éditeur
- Prometheus Books
- Année de publication
- 1985
- État de l'article
- Near Fine
- Jaquette
- Fair
- Reliure
- Hardcover
- Langue
- anglais
- ISBN à 10 chiffres
- 0879752742
- ISBN à 13 chiffres
- 9780879752743
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Catalogues du vendeur
- Biography/Autobiography/Memoir, Southwest History & Culture
Her early sociological books were considered by H.L. Mencken to be an extraordinary "array of observations upon that powerful complex of assumptions, prejudices, instinctive reactions, racial emotions and unbreakable vices of mind which enters so massively into the daily lives of all of us." Her chief anthropological work, 'Pueblo Indian Religion', was described by Franz Boas, one of the founders of modern anthropology, as an "indispensable sourcebook for every student of Indian life."
Parson's personality was fascinating in its tensions and complexity. She was a feminist who admitted to prejudice against her own sex and seldom enjoyed the companionship of other women. She was devoted to her politically prominent husband from whom she never concealed her relationships with other men. However, her husband's companionship with another woman tormented her. Her publications ranged from iconoclastic propaganda to technical science. She loved rugged adventure in the wild, yet thrived on scholarly work. Though her convictions were passionately held, her voice was never raised. She made shrewd use of her personal wealth in supporting young anthropologists and also argued for socialism. She enjoyed exchanging riddles with black children as much as she enjoyed hobnobbing with Theodore Roosevelt or William Howard Taft. She was fiercely protective of the interests of her four children and also left much of their care to others. She took her beliefs and work seriously, yet delighted in being teased by such friends as Clarence Day (author of Life with Father), Judge Learned Hand, and anthropologists Alfred Kroeber, Robert Lowie, and Pliny Goddard.
Dr. Peter Hare draws on previously unavailable personal papers to present a vivid portrait of this fascinating woman, whose life story is surprisingly contemporary.
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Her early sociological books were considered by H.L. Mencken to be an extraordinary "array of observations upon that powerful complex of assumptions, prejudices, instinctive reactions, racial emotions and unbreakable vices of mind which enters so massively into the daily lives of all of us." Her chief anthropological work, 'Pueblo Indian Religion', was described by Franz Boas, one of the founders of modern anthropology, as an "indispensable sourcebook for every student of Indian life."
Parson's personality was fascinating in its tensions and complexity. She was a feminist who admitted to prejudice against her own sex and seldom enjoyed the companionship of other women. She was devoted to her politically prominent husband from whom she never concealed her relationships with other men. However, her husband's companionship with another woman tormented her. Her publications ranged from iconoclastic propaganda to technical science. She loved rugged adventure in the wild, yet thrived on scholarly work. Though her convictions were passionately held, her voice was never raised. She made shrewd use of her personal wealth in supporting young anthropologists and also argued for socialism. She enjoyed exchanging riddles with black children as much as she enjoyed hobnobbing with Theodore Roosevelt or William Howard Taft. She was fiercely protective of the interests of her four children and also left much of their care to others. She took her beliefs and work seriously, yet delighted in being teased by such friends as Clarence Day (author of Life with Father), Judge Learned Hand, and anthropologists Alfred Kroeber, Robert Lowie, and Pliny Goddard.
Dr. Peter Hare draws on previously unavailable personal papers to present a vivid portrait of this fascinating woman, whose life story is surprisingly contemporary.
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