Ruth Benedict: A Humanist in Anthropology

Margaret Mead

Thirtieth Anniversary Edition
December, 2005
Paper, 256 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13491-0
$28.50 / £17.00

Cloth, 256 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13490-3
$73.50 / £43.00

"Mead's biography of Benedict stands as both an important historical reckoning and a documentation of a mode of anthropological understanding in the discipline's early years. We can learn a good deal about professional commitment and the history of the intellect in the twentieth century through reading it." — Lois Banner , from the foreword to Ruth Benedict

About the Author

Margaret Mead was one of the most influential anthropologists of the twentieth century. She was the author of Coming of Age in Samoa, among other works. Lois Banner is professor of history and gender studies at the University of Southern California. Her works include Intertwined Lives: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle. Nancy Lutkehaus is an associate professor of anthropology and chair of the Gender Studies Program at the University of Southern California. She is author of Zaria's Fire: Engendered Moments in Manam Ethnography, Papua New Guinea, as well as work about Margaret Mead.

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